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.]
John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...
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.]
John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...
A Farm Journal continues :~
8 Mo[nth] 1st day 1st Fine day
2nd Ditto Aunt Wright came up with me from market - lead[in]g manure at Cales
3 Showery day Aunt W[right] & self to Middleton
4 Fine M[onthly] M[eetin]g - Uncle & Aunt H.S.Brady & Aunt W[right] here Chas Dyson
5 Fine morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n sold cheese T.G.Orr 70/- & 71/- Aunt H Brady with F&M up in aft[ernoo]n
6 Fine
7 Fine
1st Ditto
2 - 9 Showery self with Aunt H B[rady] to Gateshead found all well
3 - 10 Dull & showery off to Hexham attend[e]d Northumberland Cattle & impl[ement] show - & on to Holly Bush in even[in]g - had the mortification to get into a Carlisle train at Hexham & got to Haltwhistle & had to stay 4 hours before I could get back
4 - 11 Fine at Holly Bush - looked round - the new building almost complete looks very nice room for 20 ton hay - doing the yardwall Wilson Glenwright - had his hay all in pike [?] or very near good crop to Newcastle in even[in]g & down by boat to Shields & to Tynemouth to get my ticket stamped as I had taken a tourist to there & back 43/6 no time to stay as it was 8 o'clock P.M. so ret[urne]d to Newcastle - to Uncles
5 - 12 Fine stayed in House till 2pm thence by express arr[ived] Bakew[ell] 8 oclock - home with my dear wife - found all well
6 -13 [no entry]
7 - 14 lead[in]g manure at Cales
1 - 15 Fine B[akewe]ll market Jos[eph] P Drewett [?] came Jos[eph] Lee packed wool & lodged
