A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 20th October 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

6 - 1st 10 Month] Fine day heavy rain last night shower at noon chain harrow[e]d manure at S.H. plough[in]g & working at Mill - we have had very heavy rain with a great deal of thunder & lightning corn out looks weather & some sprouting

 

to 7 day 9 Showery & close muddling weather - finer

 

4, 5 & 6 lead Watricle & fin[ishe]d top field lead Far piece S.H. Thrash[e]d etc thatching cows at S.H. have tick from some sows bo[ugh]t at B[akewe]ll 

 

to 4 - 20 Showery dried oats & gr[oun]d into pig meal thatch[e]d filled pudding pie in Willow-field & lighted [sic] & began Moss field pie - cows at S.H. about well again very severe frosts last night & one before very cold N. winds give cows at S.H. turnips & feed of grains & hay night & morn[in]g - Uncle & Aunt Wilson here - been to Middleton today - sold J.Harrison 7 fat pigs & 2 lame theaves 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th August 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 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 

A Farm Journal ~ July 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

7 Mo[nth] 1st 5 day Very fine time finish[e]d all hay but 9 ac[res] by the 14th - good crops Jos[eph] & M.A. Bottomley & Eliz[abe]th Hopkins here last week on religious visit self to M[an]chester to trials of Mowers etc engaged Wilbers Eureka Mower to be sent on trial to mow Mid breck came on 3rd day the 20th worked well self to show

 

4 - 21 finish[e]d hay on 7day 24th in good condition

 

2 - 26 Fine work[in]g the Eureka for W.Bagshaw & others - dipp[e]d lambs & weaned at turnips & topping stacks etc to end of week - had hay supper - Irish leave co[u]s[in] Jos[eph] Shipley here on 6th day

 

7 - 31 Showery - but no weight of rain we want rain now - the mears are low & cows gone off their milk corn short mostly - turnips look well 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th June 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

3 - 1st 6 Mo[nth] Fine day wash[e]d all sheep

 

4 - 2 Fine morn[in]g showery even[in]g to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] self too pony & basket

 

5 - 3rd Fine fin[ished] sow[in]g turnips in Ridge piece

 

6 - 4th Ditto S.A. Baby & I to Ashford aft[ernoon]

 

7 - 5 Dull but warmer fin[ishe]d sow[in]g corn turnips & put things away corn late only just about 3 in[ches] high or 4"

 

1st - 6 Fine & warm W.S.W. & warm

 

2 - 7 Ditto very close B[akewe]ll Market Eliza Shaw came

 

3 day - 8 Ditto

 

4 - 9 Fine day F&M up to Meeting

 

5 - 10 Fine day cheese cratch fell & crushed a lot of cheese - we crimmed [sic] it over again being new

 

6 - 11 Walling etc - ditto

 

7 - 12 D[itt]o

 

1 - 13 Ditto Jos[eph] & Mary Burtt at Meet[in]g & here to dine - of the visiting committee - to O.A. to tea - Mother with them

 

2 - 14 Showery began to shear the hogs in aft[ernoo]n

 

3 - 15 Very showery day 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to 15th May 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

5 Mo[nth] 1 Very fine time dry Eastwinds very cold with hot sun - lost 7 ewes with blackening etc 3 hogs 

 

2 day 3 Showery day - self with John Hodg[so]n [or Hodgkinson] & H[enr]y Pursglove drove to Lindhurst etc for beasts - off next morning as far as Alfreton for night self to Heanor in aft[ernoo]n M[onthly] Meeting]

 

5 - 6 Showery day

 

6 - 7 Ditto  Working Pewet Knobs

 

7 - 8 Ditto cold N.E. Wind - walling etc. Sold 7 fat pigs £3 10/- each - pastures pretty good cows all out

 

1 - 9  Fine

 

2 - 10 Fine & warm B[akewe]ll market things very dear

 

3 - 11 Fine but cold E wind Frosty nights sow[e]d swedes S.H.

 

4 - 12 Ditto weather 

 

5 - 13 Ditto sow[e]d swedes Cales

 

6 - 14 Ditto fallow[in]g lime in for mear [sic] etc

 

7 - 15 Cold dry E Wind very [next word indecipherable] week grass goes fast Tideswell Fair bo[ugh]t 4 cows - better to buy

 

A Farm Journal ~ April 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

5 - 1 4 Mo[nth] Fine day bad luck - had to kill cow bo[ugh]t of Jon[atha]n Blore £17 - Inf[lammatio]n owing to drinking too much water - also sheep died Inf[lammatio]n before lamb[in]g - sold both to Biggin men

 

6 - 2 Ditto Very stormy night Thunder & lightning with snow

 

7 - 3 Fine day Truck of grains in - another sheep poorly pig dead at Cales £2 10 - 

1 - 4 to 6 - 9 Showery weather mild & dull very dirty lost another ewe makes 2 sow[e]d manure on Seed Piece SH & harrow[e]d too wet to work well - lambs doing pretty well - very showery time no sowing

 

15th began drilling oats in Far piece S.H. harrow[e]d & sow[e]d finished

 

There are no more entries for the rest of April 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st March 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

3 - 16 Stormy 4d Fine to Middleton for some boards met Father & R.A. also Maria & Bertie there

 

4 - 17 Stormy

 

5 - 18 Fine frosty Cotton cake to Cales chopped at Cales etc

 

6 - 19 very stormy snow[e]d heavy W.N.E. Jesse to Millers Dale for Lime ers [those who work with lime ?] for mear at S.H. Richard Clulow doing it over with lime under pitchings on Clay - grains to Cales

 

7 - 20 Fine bright day W.N.E. snow most gone by noon Cheese off to G.Baker 22 Cwt seeds up from Jos. 3 Bar[ren ?] Cows to Elton sold  Luke Headfield £42 - Robt. Heathcote here doing gigs

 

1 - 21 Fine

 

2 - 22 Fine frosty grinding Indian corn at Cales etc. self to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g

 

3 - 23 Fine but cold N.E. winds to Warsop to look sturks doing pretty well

 

4 - 24 at Nott[ingha]m Fine do  [or perhaps ditto ?]

 

5 - 25 Fine but cold N.E. Wind to Matlock Bridge met hogs coming home - gig to meet me took 3 up in gig. Wm. Hadfield brought rest poorish

 

6 - 26 Ditto Ditto grinding Indian corn etc at Cales - harrow[e]d ley at S.H.

 

7 - 27 Very frosty & snow on gr[oun]d things doing mid - very severe [next word indecipherable]

 

1 - 28 gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow thunderd [sic]

 

2 - 29 Snow gone Fine day B[akewe]] Fair many beasts rather dull owing to scarcity of fodder cheese 70/- to 80/-

 

3 - 30 Fine Slack in to chop S.H. Sheep on from Cales for Lambing began to sit up

 

4 - 31 Fine days frosty nights 

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th March 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

2 - 1st 3 Mo[nth] Very cold snow on gr[oun]d filling up a grove hole in Angle B[akewe]ll market calved cow [18.10/-] from Furniss Birchill & calf from here  to them 25/- bo[ugh]t 7 pigs Robinson 35/- very dear Self at Savings Bank

 

3 - 2 Very coarse day most snow gone to Birchill for 5qr Freez [sic] land oats 35/-

 

4 - 3 Fine very sharp frost M[onthly] M[eeting] at Bakewell Self to Ashford & walked on & back stayed dinner & tea - bro[ther] Eben[eze]r admitted into Membership again* - 4 ton cake from Hull

 

5 - 4 to 5 - 11 Frosty with little snow - met Travis at B[akewe]ll & agreed to send milk twice a day till 1st of 5th mo[nth] at 2/- p[e]r doz[en] pure

 

to 2 day 15 Fine but frosty lead[in]g soil onto poor places in Over Intake plough[in]g Watricle etc at B[akewe]ll Union about Vagrancy

 

 

* I assume by admitting my great great grandfather Ebenezer "into Membership again" John Bayliff Bowman is referring to the Society of Friends. Whether Ebenezer left by choice or whether he was forced out, I don't know.

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 28th February 1869 ...

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 ...

 

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

3 - 16 Fine A.Cox & Wm & I ferret[tin]g here to dine

 

4 - 17 Wet lead[in]g manure

 

5 - 18 Thunder rain showery - fin[ished] lead[in]g man[ure] S.H.

 

6 - 19 Fine day Truck of Grains in spread[in]g man[ur]e etc

 

7 - 20 Fine

 

1 - 21 Frosty

 

2 - 22 Beautiful day 

 

 3 - 23 Ditto stack in & chopped at Cales last stack

 

4 - 24 Wet aft[ernoo]n plough[in]g Watricle etc - stop[pe]d sending milk

 

5 - 25 Stormy began to make 2 cheeses p[e]r day 18 cows E.B.* sends his milk still

 

6 - 26 Very fine but cold & windy Co[u]s[in] Eliza SA & I & all went to Ashford to dine & tea**

 

7 - 27 Very stormy snow & hail at times - plough[in]g etc

 

1 - 28 Very stormy indeed Snow 6 in[ches] deep & drifted

 

 

* I assume 'E.B. refers to JBB's brother Ebenezer Bowman.

 

** It is likely that this meant a visit to my great great great grandparents Heny and Mary Bowman [the elderly couple in the photograph above] who lived at The Elms, Ashford in the Water.

  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th February 1869 ...

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 ...

 A Farm Journal continues :~

2nd Mo[nth] - 2 - 1 B[akewe]ll market slender Milk slow beef & mutton scarce

3 - 2 snow[e]d morn[in]g - stack in & thrash[e]d Cales

4 - 3 Wet morn[in]g - to Matlock M[onthly] M[eeting] Amos & Edith Griffith from America there also Edw[ar]d Brewer very nice meeting - bro[ther] W[illia]m & I with Peter Bromley [Bramley ?] by rail to Whatstandwell & then on to Wingfield to look at hogs 2 dead scour but are better then by rail to Nott[ingha]m to Sam's lodged & in morn[in]g on to Mansfield looked beasts at Davys & Millns all doing well as can expect

6 - 5 Most beautiful day home all well

7 - 6 Fine day finish[e]d plough[in]g ley - began lead[in]g manure out S.H.

1 - 7  Fine

3 - 9 Fine morn[in]g stormy aft[ernoo]n fetch[e]d 500 Strike Grains from Wharf

    

2 - 8  Showery day lead[in]g manure took B.Brayshaw to B[akewe]ll

 [The entries for the 8th and 9th February 1869 are transposed in the farm journal]

4 - 10 Showery lead manure etc

5 - 11 lead manure etc

6 - 12 Thrash[e]d Stormy snow on gr[oun]d

7 - 13 Fine Snow gone Co[u]s[in] A Cox & W[illia]m & I ferret[tin]g in dale

1 - 14 Fine but windy

2 - 15 Fine & mild B[akewe]ll market bo[ugh]t cow from Jon[atha]n Blore £17 in calf - 1 of a man £14 - calved 2 calves B Bower £33 - 1 of G. Furniss £18 10/- 

Out of interest I fed the names Amos and Edith Griffith [see the 3rd February entry above] into Google. According to the Find a Grave website Edith Price Griffith was born on the 9th May 1801 and died in February 1873. Amos Griffith on the 13th October 1794 and died in 1871. Could this be the same couple ?

The website goes on to reveal that "Amos & Edith ... were the parents of Elizabeth P Griffith Milhous. Elizabeth was the mother of Franklin Milhous. Franklin was the father of Hannah M. Nixon. Hannah was the mother of Pres. Richard Milhous Nixon.

This makes Amos the great-great-grandfather of President Richard Nixon." 

I realise that it could be another Amos and Edith Griffith but the couple referred to in the Find a Grave site were buried in Shortcreek Cemetery ... and the website goes on to reveal that this " ... cemetery was established by the Short Creek Monthly Meeting Quakers ..."

Was it therefore the great great grandparents of President Richard Nixon who travelled from the United States to Matlock all those years ago ? 

There are photos of Amos and Edith Griffith on the Find a Grave site here.

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th December 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.]

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

 A Farm Journal continues :~

12 Mo[nth] Cold raw day Co[u]s[in] H[enr]y Bowman here sold him 5 barren cows for £55 - got a truck of grains in at  6 1/2 p[e]r bush[e]l from Ind Coope & Co* 3 - 1 

4 - 2 Fine day but dull self to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] & back - small meeting - Eliz Hopkins Jos Bottomley

5 - 3 -

6 - 4 Very wet day took l[oa]d of Swedes down to Pheasey Bakewell at 1/6

[No entries for two days]

2 - 7 Fine day B[akewe]ll Market took 35 fat sheep down sold to Septm** Press @ 35/- 15/- less for 1 - to Station to meet L.A.Fisher from Deptford who comes as our head nurse

3 - 8 Showery Sold J.Critchlow 6 fat pigs  £21 - 10/- sold Etches Cales Cheese 72/- H[enr]y's beasts to Middleton to go in morn[in]g by rail fr[om] Rowsley - sold W[illia]m 5 Heifers & bo[ugh]t 2 cows of [sic] him

4 - 9 Fine day S.A. & I nurse & family to Middleton to dine met Meggy from B[akewe]ll

5 - 10 Fine fair Windy day (Killed ewe for selves) finish[e]d cut[tin]g Head[in]g Swedes to Cales began pitting all that were worth of the corn turnips in Watricle plough[in]g ley in Over Intake - sheep have cotton cake - showery time

[No entries for three days]

2 - 14 Very wet day to Millers dale with milk & on to Litton Rob[er]t Bramwell*** about some sturks & cow he sent here - home & weighed cheese at Cales for Etches 19 cwt 72/-

3 - 15 Cheese to Station Fine day at Cales got cake breaker ready for work & had Little Stones up etc.

 * In 1868 Ind Coope was a brewery based in Burton-upon-Trent some 30 miles south of Monyash

** I can't quite decipher the 'Septm' written to JBB. It's more of a 'Sept' with a smaller 'm', 'n' or 'r' behind and slightly above.


*** This would presumably have been the Robert Bramwell who was 55 years of age in the 1871. At that time he was a farmer of 20 acres. His wife was 35 year old Hannah. They had both been born in Litton. In 1871 five children are listed ~ Thomas [13], James [9], Ann [6], Hannah [4] and George [1].

A Farm Journal ~ from the 17th to the 31st October 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.]

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

There were no entries for the 14th, 15th and 16th October 1868.

 A Farm Journal continues :~

 

17th sold Jas Critchlow 4 Norfolk sows £4 15/- each

1 - 18 Very hard white frost

2 - 19 Ditto snow[e]d a little - sold Mountney L - 7 fat sheep 35/6 3/- again finish[in]g pudding pie in Mossfield plough[in]g fallows etc make 1 cheese a day at each place

3 - 20 Showery weather plough[in]g fill[e]d Kiln in Mossfield cut thistles in N[ethe]r Intake etc

5th - 22 Fine self to Wingfield to look hogs all well & on to Wessington Hay to look at an estate there 50 ac[res] on to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g to Lindhurst in morn[in]g to see about leying cattle & to Nott[ingha]m home on 

7th - 24 Very wet & desperate windy

2 - 26 Fine B[akewe]ll market very full of all sorts beef best sells well to 8/6 or 9/- Mutt[on] d6 - stone stirk only saleable at very low figures

3 - 27 blustery hail & rain at times

4 - 28  5 -29  6 - 30 Showery day Old Haven Fair cattle & sheep very low - ewes £1 each lambs sold pretty well 18/- to 22/-

6 - 30 Self took 4 tup lambs sold 23/- each 

7 - 31 Showery got Moss field Kiln out in Pewet Knobs  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 13th October 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

5 - 1d[ay] 10 Mo[nth]  Fine but cold East winds Spread[in]g manure at Cales Self to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g

6 - 2 Very fine day Nott[ingha]m Fair* Very sharp frost here home in even[in]g

7 - 3 Misty morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n lead[in]g manure S.H. gave calves turpentine & salt their backs every week - give 36 sheep & 74 lambs on Rape some cake & corn now - sold Jas Critchlow 7 heifers at 7/6 p[e]r stone


1st - 4 Fine


2 - 5 Beautiful day lead[in]g manure S.H.


3 - 6 Very wet day Committee of Quarterly meet[in]g had a meeting at Monyash - viz - Thos Hartras Richd Thompson & wife G.Pickard John Armitage - very nice meeting


4 - 7 Fine day Shower in even[in]g Bakewell Farmers Club Show - very slender show


5 - 8 Fine day lead[in]g manure


6 - 9 Showery day harrow[in]g & spread[in]g manure


7 - 10 Fine & warm finish[e]d spread[in]g manure - calf with worm in throat at Cales - sold Thompson cow bo[ugh]t at Matlock £14 10/- only milked a little while £12 ! bad


1 - 11 Beautiful day - my dear S.A. was delivered of another fine boy all well **


2 - 12 Fine day Bakewell Fair busy but things low bo[ugh]t 6 sandy [sundry ?] pigs of Randall 45/-


3 - 13 Misty morn[in]g getting potatoes fair crop sold some at 12/- p[e]r load finish[e]d



* Rather than write 'Nottingham Goose Fair' John wrote 'Nottingham' and 'Fair' with the drawing of a goose in between [see above].

** The 'fine boy' born on the 11th October 1868 was presumably John Edward Bowman.


 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th September 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

3 - 1st 9 Mo[nth] Fine day lead[in]g manure at Cales sold Large Mountney 11 fat sheep off rape £2 each

4 - 2 Fine & hot self to B[akewe]ll early to join Father Lucy Ann & Co[u]s[in] Eliza to Chest[er]f[iel]d M[onthly] M[eeting] & home even[in]g

5 - 3 Ditto weather  John Kirkam [sic] to look at lambs but not sold - sold 4 fat pigs Jim Harrison - F[ather] & M[other] came to tea & stayed till 7 day even[in]g

6 - 4 Fine & hot F[ather] & I went round the farm in morn[in]g

7 - 5 Ditto Dipped 93 lambs on the rape so pested [sic] with fly dip[pe]d as a protection - the turnips & rape are up but advance slowly frosty nights & hot days - want rain along with the hot weather -

to 3 - 15 Mostly cold N.E. winds filling pudding pie in Willow field & lighted Self to Nott[ingha]m Q[uarterly] M[eeting] and back

The photograph shows Lucy Ann Bowman. She was born on the 19th December 1849 at One Ash Grange. She would have been 18 years of age when she travelled to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting with her grandfather , her Uncle ... and Eliza. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

 

7 - 1st of 8th Mo[nth] Very hot indeed cut about 14 ac[res] of corn up to this, clear blue sky no rain or signs meers getting very low etc many dry on Cales land make 1 cheese a day at S.H. good 16in[ches] & 1 one day & 2 the other at Cales

 

2 day 3 Very hot B[akewe]ll market bo[ugh]t 6 pigs 35/- to Union as Guardian 1st time - cut[tin]g corn

 

3 - 4 Ditto

 

4 - 5 Ditto M[onthly] M[eetin]g Mary Shipley & Lydia, SJWright Uncle & Aunt Howitt & Mary John Crit[chlo]w [?] & Sam[ue]l Bradbourne to dine

 

5 - 5  S. Fox died 6 PM Nice showery aft[ernoo]n & night very refresh[in]g but fine & hot next day

 

7 - 8 Windy & like rain at times but none - cut[tin]g Ridge piece corn fair crop - sold cheese at Cales to Etches 65/6 120 ch- 7 pigs to J.C. & Tom B. 1 cheese per day at each place Very dry pastures shall to lead water to S.H. again soon - drawing at the wharf mine now

 

1 - 9 Fine

 

2 - 10 Fine day very sultry finish[e]d cut[tin]g corn

 

3 - 11 Showery day Thunder storm morn[in]g & even[in]g - Self to Nott[ingha]m to attend S. Fox's Funeral - in the Friends Cemetery - aged 86 - large funeral 14 carriages of relatives & very large assembly of people to witness - several friends spoke at the grave side & had a long meet[in]g in Friar lane after when several spoke - dined at the shop & to tea at Houndsgate off home in even[in]g 

 

4 - 12 Fine day sow[in]g turnips broad cast in Watricle again - lead[in]g coal etc

 

5 - 13 Very showery lead part of corn out Crags

 

6 - 14 scuffling Winkerley etc

 

7 - 15 Fine day lead Crags & some at S.H. 

 

 

There is more about Samuel Fox here 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 31st July 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

5 - 16 Fine

6 - 17 to Middleton to tea  met F[ather] & M[other]

7 - 18 drizzly rain x 1 or 2 showers rain to now very much wanted all the mears are empty but 1 or 2 at S.H. pastures very dry & short give 1 1/2 lbs cake to cows at S.H. 1 cheese 1 day 2 the other - lead water for horse from Monyash & must lead for cows very shortly

1 - 19 Fine

2 - 20 Ditto hot no rain parted lambs put 54 W lambs on Rape

to 27 Very hot & dry occassional appearances of thunder & rain & then cooler but no rain to signify began to cut corn in Winkerley S.H. lead water from Fear meer Monyash lead 3 different days into the meers at S.H. nearly dry now is the Fear meer - preparing to draw water from the Knotlow shaft with buckets

These were obviously dry days in and around Summer Hill and Cales ... Monyash generally. I can't recall John ever writing about such a shortage of water before and certainly not of him having to lead any water from Fere Mere.

There were four or five meres in Monyash originally but Fere Mere is now the only one ...

 

At http://www.wirralcavinggroup.org.uk/trips/knotlow.html there's the description of a day trip by Wirral Caving Group to Knotlow Mine on the 21st June 2009. A series of interesting photographs includes one image of the coffin level in the old mine which is particularly worth looking at. The coffin level was all worked by hand.