A Farm Journal ~ from the 28th May to the 12th June 1870

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented 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.]

John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...

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7 - 28 to 6 of 6 Mo[nth] Very hot dry weather no rain - ridging beans up - scuffled potatoes & some swedes in No 2

 

7 - 4th self to M[an]chester met F & M at Station & on to Longstone with them

 

1 - 5 Meet[in]g met our Amer[ican] Friends - Anna le Field & daughter Caroline - to dine at Ashford - also her son Rich[ar]d & sister Emily Cromwell & friend Mrs. Daniels & daughter - very agreeable company seemed very much pleased with this part of England - staid all night at Ashford

 

2 - 6 B[akewe]ll Fair - not busy slender show of beasts & sheep - to Middleton to lodge

 

3 - 7 W[illia]m & I to B[akewe]ll Bowers looked round & back to dine - then to One Ash had tea & then looked round farm - lodged at O.A. & on to M[an]chester

 

4th day to B.B.'s & on Home aft[ernoo]n found all well no rain yet - grass going  back

 

5 - 9 dry fin[ishe]d hoeing & ridging beans - in full flower looking well - scuffling Swedes & thinning to end of week

 

1st day 12 Showery day self to Chester meet[in]g met Co[u]s[in] H. Abbott & (Henrietta Holmes) WETurner Tho[ma]s Jackson & Mary Bodle - on appointr [?] to visit us on rec[eip]t of our Certificate - they all came to dine here & took  tea & back to meet[in]g even[in]g - very nice agreeable friends S.A. was down & was very active but took no harm 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st August 1868

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.]

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1 - 16 Fine

 

2 - 17 Fine day lead all at S.H. part Ridge piece to Cales

 

3 - 18 Misty no drying seed[e]d down Winkerley S.H.

 

4 - 19 Wet day cold E[ast] wind

 

5 - 20 Fine day Mother A[rmitage] & Mary came

 

6 - 21 Ditto lead 1/2 of Pewet Knobs corn & thrash[e]d

 

7 - 22 Very wet winnow[e]d oats etc

 

1 - 23 Showery

 

2 - 24 Ditto winnow[e]d up & sent 22 sacks oats to Jos[eph] B[rantingham] B[owman]

 

3 - 25 finish[e]d sow[in]g Rape

 

4 - 26 Fine morn[in]g - Showery aft[ernoo]n B[akewe]ll Fair Cheese brisk 70/- very scarce beef & mutton looked after lambs 20/- lead corn

 

5 - 27 Fine day lead manure morn[in]g corn aft[ernoo]n showery

 

6 - 28 Finish[e]d lead[in]g corn Thrash[e]d rem[ainde]r out Pewet Knobs

 

7 - 29 Fine fin[ishe]d Thatch[in]g lead slack to Willow field Kiln to burn lime

 

1 - 30 Fine

 

2 - 31 Fine day B[akewe]ll market took 2 fat heifers to Hulley of Ashford bo[ugh]t 4 Norfolk sows £2 each 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 30th November 1867

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.

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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 

 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 30th April 1867

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.

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3 - 16 Showery Q[uarterly] M[eeting] home at night

 

4 - 17 Fine harrow[in]g N[ethe]r Intake for drilling

 

5 - 18 Little rain but fine har[rowin]g & sow[in]g 3 cwt p[e]r ac[re] bone dust

 

6 - 19 Ditto

 

7 - 20 Very showery all day plough[in]g broke cake & gr[oun]d at Cales & strained the breaker - Very hindering weather for sowing grass grows well lambs come slowly some die of inflam[matio]n Hog dead 

 

1 - 21 Fine

 

2 - 22 D[itt]o B[akewe]ll Fair no cattle sheep very low Hogs selling at 30/- worth the money last latter end - pigs large show & very low good stores at 20/- to 25/- cheese 50/- to 68/- 

 

3 - 22 to 6 - 26 sow[e]d broadcast Far piece & Kiln close S.H. & harrow[e]d in very wet state [Over the top of this entry John Bayliff Bowman had written] Martin Milligan came - 7/6 & meat p[e]r week

 

7 - 27 Very showery & thundery - put 40 hogs in lane yesterday for first time one of Jesse's lads to tend them @ 2/6 p[e]r week - 10 cows on seeds at S.H. began mid of week & all out at Cales - 20 sheep to lamb yet - a fine one dead in Intake -

 

1 - 28 Fine

 

2 - 29 Fine

 

3 - 30- Fine growing day showery SA & I to Heanor