My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.
The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]
In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.
In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.
"A Farm Journal" continues :~
7 - 16 Fine very cold N.E. many of the Common turnip in Stonepit Close S.H. are gnarled at the roots not much to be seen till pulled
1 - 17 Fine but very cold N.E. wind
2 - 18 Fine frosty morn[in]g - N.E. B[akewe]ll Fair cheese dull 40/- to 60/- saw Winders ab[ou]t mine to send the cheese in no price fixed - beef in demand but lower sheep dull - no stir in wool at present -
3 - 19 Very fine day W. North - Jesse finish[e]d his lot of pitting turnips left 1 ac[re]to pull began cutting swedes off at S.H. fair crop - calf dead Speed Cales
4 - 20 to 6 day 22 Most beautiful fine dry weather cold North wind finish[e]d cutting swedes & carting off at S.H. began at Cales
7 - 23 Ditto weather
1 - 24 Fine day
2 - 25 Dull & inclined to rain W.S.W. weighed cheese for Proctor & Co Selby @ 46/-
3 - 26 Showery day cheese to B[akewe]ll coal back
4 - 27 Frosty
5 - 28 Fine & frosty
6 - 29 frosty morn[in]g began plough[in]g Kiln close S.H.
7 - 30 Showery day
