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 30th April 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 :~

4 - 1st 4 Mo[nth] harrow[in]g - fine day

5 - 2 Ditto Drill[e]d Kiln close S.H. & Ridge Piece bl[ac]k tartars 

6 - 3 Drill[e]d Winkerley & part Pewet Knobs

7 - 4 Ditto weather har[rowe]d & drill[e]d 3 ac[res] in Watricle

4 - 5 Fine

2 - 6 Ditto little rain in night harrow[in]g took Kitty in basket gig to B[akewe]] & back hogs home from B[akewe]ll

3 - 7 Fine weather W.E.frosty nights & sunny days to 

2 - 13 Fine ditto lambing gone on well many couples

3 - 14 Showery at times W. North

4 - 15 Ditto

5 - 16 Fine Thrash[e]d at Cales & lost 2 sheep with inflam[matio]n 35 E & L in Cales dales 26 D[itt]o Intake

7 - 18 Mare from Nott[ingha]m

2 - 20 Showery W.West to Nott[ingha]m Fine growing weather Q[uarterly] M[eeting] Nott[ingha]m very harmonious

4 - 22 Showery day self home plough[in]g Stone pit close S.H. for corn & seed down Roll[e]d Long close & Barn close etc 35 sheep in Croft to lamb yet

5 - 23 Showery winnow[e]d oats parted ewes 22 ewes to lamb yet left off sitting up

6 - 24 fine day fetch[e]d bones etc from P[arsley] Hay

7 - 25 Showery early then fine tho[ugh] thundery looking - Thrash[e]d last stack at Cales - took 5 q[uarte][s] w[eigh]t Poland oats to Longnor C.Cundy

1 - 26 Fine

2 - 27 Very stormy thunder rain sow[e]d 6 cwt p[e]r ac[re] Stone pit close for corn & seeds

3 - 28 Fine but showery at  times winnow[e]d oats at Cales & took to B[akewell] 339 st[ones] @ 1/1

4 - 29 Fine windy day West drill[e]d Stone pit close twice over 4 [word indecipherable] to ac[re] Poland - Rice meal from P[arsley] Hay 16/- p[e]r sack cotton cake 5£ & 6.5/- in L[iver]pool Dobell & Co

5 - 30 Fine weather but windy very N.W. & cold lead[in]g manure to Watricle for potatoes 

I'm not sure what "35 E & L in Cales dales 26 D[itt]o Intake" on the 16th April means. 'E & L' may well have been my great great grandfather Ebenezer ... and someone ... shooting in Cales Dale but what is the relevance of the '35' and the '26'. We may never know.
  

'C.Cundy' [referred to on the 25th April] could well be Charles Cundy who was a Butcher and farmer of 20 acres according to the 1871 Census Return. 

Sorry about the spacing ~ Blogger is playing up. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th March 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 :~

 

3rd Mo[nth] 1st day 1st Very snowy wet day W.N.W.

 

2 - 2 B[akewe]ll market Fine morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n bo[ugh]t 4 y[ea]r old calf Jos[eph] Smith in calf for April £12 10/- one in market heifer £12 2/6 2 of G.Allsop B[akewe]ll 1 in calf Ladyday £16 1 for 12 May £9 - 6 y[ea]r[s] old

 

3 - 3 stormy morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n self to Longnor Market sold 12 gr [?] old Bl[ac]k oats 27/- for 22 stone ddr [?]

 

4 - 4 Fine day

 

5 - 5 Ditto 4 ton cake from P[arsley] Hay to Cales 2 ton L-Amer £10 15/- 2 ton Cott £7 - Wm & I join

 

6 - 6 Fine to Longnor 7 gr [?] old bl[ac]k oats self to Nott[ingha]m

 

7 - 7 Fine morn[in]g wet even[in]g plough[in]g turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough

 

1 - 8 Stormy day

 

2 - 2 Fine at Nott[ingha]m Self to Norm[anto]n with co[u]s[in] H[enr]y looked sound his & Woodruffs stock & on to Derby to meet S[arah] A[nn] & lad ret[urnin]g home - found all well

 

4 - 4 to 4 -18 changeable weather wind snow storms & frost & rain plough[e]d part of turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough - [next word indecipherable] some walls - calves doing well 17 Cales 11 S.H. 

 

 

John Bayliff Bowman lost me once or twice in this section of journal ... sorry.  

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

A Farm Journal continues :~

2 - 16 Fine & mild self to Middleton & onto B[akewell ?] with W[illia]m to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g

3 - 17 Ditto weather to Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting]  small - the Freedmens aid agents address @ us after the business meeting W.F.Mitchell of America Arthur Albright of Birmingham also the freedmen are all employed at Good wages the relief is solicited to aid the widows & orphan children - 3 hogs dead of redwater - want dry food I think

4 - 18 home bo[ugh]t doG [sic] at Bakewell snow[e]d most of day gr[oun]d cov[ere]d over wind N.W

5 - 19 tied bullocks up Frost & snow

6 - 20 Ditto

7 - 21 Drizzly wet day snow mostly gone got stack in & thrash[e]d at Cales

1 - 22 Fine & mild

2 - 23 Fine frost B[akewe]ll market came by Ashford home  bo[ugh]t bull calf of Milnes 15/-

3 - 24 Dull & misty

4 - 25 Christmas Day Fine bright frosty day - very quiet day no company Alice Bonsall left us - began to give ewes & thieves corn pitting turnips in Stonepit close S.H. ploughing Ridge piece ley -

5 - 26 Ditto Ditto

6 - 27 Misty no frost

7 - 28 Fine day rather frosty morn[in]g

1 - 29 Fine

2 - 30 Fine

3 - 31 Fine frosty plough[in]g etc

The End of 1867 not so profitable as its forerunners by a good deal beef kept up pretty well till Autumn sheep very low indeed wool 30/- p[e]r [next word indecipherable] cheese 40/- to 60/- crops of corn & hay pretty good & well got good crops of turnips not made so much cheese as usual quite trade dull & things uncertain

For information on the Freedmens Aid Society click here

For information relating to Arthur Albright click here

Red Water disease is referred to here

Who do I think I am ? [12] ~ watering down Sheffield's milk ...

According to the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent of the 16th June 1866 Ebenezer Bowman of 'Onelish' near Bakewell sued George Goodlad of Stafford Street Park for £8. 3s. 7d for "the value of milk sold to him.".

I suggest that for 'Onelish' you should read 'One Ash' where Ebenezer Bowman lived at that time.

What the present day equivalent of £8. 3s. 7d [or £8.18] is I'm not sure. 

Ebenezer Bowman represented himself. The defendant was represented by a Mr. Gould. 

It seems that "several hundred gallons of 'a liquid' had been supplied" by Ebenezer Bowman to Mr. Goodlad. Ebenezer Bowman wanted paying for that milk. Mr. Goodlad's defence was that he had not been supplied with milk but a "mixture of milk and water, whilst he had contracted to be supplied with pure milk.".

Mr. Goodlad's representative asked Ebenezer Bowman whether he had mixed water into the milk ~ "That has nothing to do with it ...".

The Judge responded ~ "You must answer the question."

Ebenezer Bowman ~ "Well, a good many milk sellers do it in Sheffield ..."

There then followed evidence from two men, Botfield and George Siddall who confirmed that Ebenezer Bowman had indeed instructed them to water down the milk with Botfield adding that his then employer told him that "... the people of Sheffield did not mind it, and he had no occasion to care."

Ebenezer Bowman had argued that the agreement was that he supplied watered down milk to Mr. Goodlad but this was not accepted. The judge held that the action failed and Ebenezer Bowman was "called upon to pay 30s for costs, and he complied with the best grace in the world."

Towards the end of their report the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent commented that Ebenezer Bowman "... (who appeared the personification of good nature) [stated that] I feel highly satisfied with your Honour's verdict, though I am a loser, for if other milk sellers would take the same course, the town would be better supplied with milk. (Laughter)"

Ebenezer Bowman was born on the 18th December 1821.

He was my great great grandfather and brother of John Bayliff Bowman. 

There is no mention in John Bayfield Bowman's Farm Journal of this court appearance.

This article was researched on the website of the British Newspaper Archive. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 17th to the 30th September 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.

"A Farm Journal"continues :~

 

3 - 17 Fine but very cold N.E. Wind Self to Nott[ingha]m Q[uarterly] M[eeting] & back - very interesting occasion - there were B. Braithwaite, Ewd Smith, R. Fry, Jon[athan] Grubb of Y[early] M[eeting] Committee to meeting of ministers & Elders who gave us some excellent advice & spoke to the Binghamites we must not judge one another but do all we can to help each other by word & deed to continue on our heavenward journey & endeavour to act as Christians

 

5 - 19 Fine Mary A came - Thrashed rye winnow[e]d etc at corn in Watricle 

 

6 - 20 began N[ethe]r Intake corn

 

2 - 23 Very wet to fetch Dr. after breakfast & mother from Ashford to S.A. sold Widdowson 6 [?] brown cows 13 5/- J Hemsley - Shelton to O.A. bo[ugh]t some calves

 

3 - 24 Fine day Baby born about 4 oclock this morn[in]g - a very fine lad

 

4 - 25 Fine corn cutting 45 Irish heifers came £6 10/- each

 

5 - 26 Fine

 

6 - 27 Fine cutt[in]g corn to 3 - 30 

 

S.A. was John Bayliff Bowman's wife, Sarah Ann [formerly Armitage]. It seems therefore that on the 24th September 1867 their first child was born.

 

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

"A Farm Journal"continues :~

 7 day 1st 6 Mo[nth] Ditto weather wash[e]d some sheep - was ordered to take the sheep out of Lanes - Co[u]s[in] Frank & Annie Howitt came to tea

1 - 2 Fine morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n to O.A. to tea & down dale

2 - 3 Very thoro' wet but fine growing day - F & A left for Ashford

3 - 4 Fine day finish[e]d washing sheep

4 - 5 Very wet early SA & I to Ashf[or]d to Breakf[ast] & then on to Chesterf[ield] M[onthly M[eeting] & on to Eckington aft[ernoo]n to Chas Dyson's found Chas very poorly stayed all night & on to M[an]chester morn[in]g B & RA's all well

6 day to J B B Edmondson's to tea

7 day to look at his factory & home 9 p.m. Very showery all the time

1 - 9 Fine day

2 - 10 D[itt]o B[akewe]ll fait bo[ugh]t 12 pigs 22/- - Middleton to tea Co[u]s[in] E.G. came

3 - 11 Fine sow[in]g turnips

4 - 12 D[itt]o finish[e]d Pewet Knobs

5 - 13 D[itt]o home hoeing swedes - Martin thinning @ 10/- p[e]r ac[re]

6 - 14 Showery & cold W[ind] N[ortherly] fallow[in]g etc

7 - 15 Showery day D[itt]o sow[e]d corn turnips on Stone Pit close S.H. Lizzy & L.A. here

A walk on the Derwent Valley Heritage Way ...

The Derwent Valley Heritage Way is a 55 mile walk from Heatherdene [a car park at the southern tip of Ladybower Reservoir] all the way down the Derwent valley to Derwent Mouth [where the River Derwent flows into the River Trent].

It's a varied walk full of interest though some may say that the scenery becomes slightly less appealing the further south you go ... see what you think in the series of blogs to come.

I started off following the route on the 9th January 2011, nearly two years ago ... and I still haven't finished it, though I haven't got that much more to do. That's the way of things for me I'm afraid.

I started off from Severn-Trent's Heatherdene car park where an impressive carved wooden seat sits outside their toilet block ...

I soon saw my first waymark ! How many more of these would I see I wonder ?

 

At the southern end of the path that stretches away from the car park I crossed the A6013 and leaned over the wall to see how much water was flowing into the Ladybower overflow that day ...



We can all see that there was none.

After crossing the reservoir we turned south and soon picked up the old railway line that is now the Thornhill Trail ...





There were some good views across the valley towards Bamford Edge on the far side ...



At the southern end of the Thornhill Trail, beside a Quaker Meeting House ...




... we noticed some community gardens !



The stonework over the entrance to the Meeting House indicates that it was once a meeting house for something very different ...



... the Derwent Valley Water Board.

In fact it seems that although the building is used for Quaker Meetings there is a Quaker Community there too.

Even though we were moving away from it, we still had some great views of Bamford Edge ...



After walking on the edge of a couple of fields we passed under the railway line ...



... and walked through the grounds of High Peak Garden Centre to reach the A6187. 

We turned left along this road and left the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to walk south-east along the Mytham Bridge road to reach the main road near Bamford railway station. Here we walked up through the village of Bamford itself. 

Have I mentioned that my walks are sometimes not like other people's ? This may be because other walkers probably don't use as many roads and lanes as me. Ah well ... we love looking at other people's houses [we really do].


 We left the main road near the top of the village [somwhere between the two pubs] and walked up what is shown as Bamford Clough and Leeside Road on my OS Dark Peak Map and The Clough on Google Maps. 

I did say that we "walked up what is shown as Bamford Clough" didn't I. Well initially it was a gentle enough climb ...



... though I think you can see from the photo above that it was pretty steep. 

It got steeper ... and rougher ...



In fact, it got even steeper and rougher ... and slippery too ...



We were glad to take a few breaks to admire the view towards Win Hill ...



Then the track [which is in fact a road] got bumpy too ...



We passed one of the five sculptures on the Bamford Touchstone Sculpture Trail. This one represents 'Air' ...



All the way up this very steep track I had been concerned that we might have met something coming down ... a 4x4 or some motorbikes perhaps.

As we got near the top of the track we noticed a very poignant plaque beside the track ...



Feeling tired and rather subdued we finally reached the top of the track and turned left down New Road with Bamford Edge above us on our right. On the roadside we passed an interesting old stone fencepost though it wasn't being used quite as it would have been used in the past ...



As we descended we had Win Hill away to our left all the way ...



At the bottom of the hill, on reaching the A6013 we turned right and retraced our steps back to the car. An interesting and sometimes taxing walk.

This walk was followed on the 9th January 2011
 
Length of walk ~ 5.6 miles *
 
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 10,8 miles
 
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 9th January 2011 ~ 539.85 miles
 
3 of 2011
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap

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.

"A Farm Journal"continues :~

 

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  

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

"A Farm Journal" continues :~

5 - 17 Grinding

6 - 18 Thrash[e]d & Ground

7 - 19 self to Middleton & with W[illia]m to Cow Close Farm bo[ugh]t 7 pigs @ 15/- 2 cows & 3 heifers £64 - gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow little snow most days  very hard frosty weather -

[No entry for 20th January 1867]

2 - 21 Ditto weather W[ind] S.E. B[akewe]ll market - took 35 fat ewes & wethers sold W[illia]m Bagshaw @ 50/- to go to turnips in Lincolnsh[ire] I had this price bid for these same sheep in the autumn & have kept them their [sic] for nothing ever since - made about 8 1/2d p[e]r lb

3 - 22 Thrash[e]d Cales -

4 - 23 Thaw[e]d

5 - 24 Wet morn[in]g fine after snow most gone turned young things out in daytime bro[ther] W[illia]m at Mill helped me to dress & fix stones -

6 - 25 Thrash[e]d 

7 - 26 Wet aft[ernoo]n

1 - 27 Fine day

2 - 28 Fine windy - drying oats at Cales - plough[in]g Pewet Knobs fetch[e]d 2 load sticks from Potters plant[ation ?]

3 - 29 Stormy & wet drying oats winnow[e]d etc

4 - 30 Showery Stack in S.H. winnow[e]d - drying oats etc

5 - 31 Fine day grinding at Cales - Sent cheese off to Swain Almond & Co Lester [sic] 68/- last lot - 13 Mrs. Teasdale died at Youlgreave


 The 'Mrs. Teasdale' mentioned on the 31st January 1867 is likely to be Mary Ann Teasdale who died aged 62. She was the widow of William Teasdale and had been born Mary Ann Eley in the hamlet of Alport in 1804. This is the hamlet that John Bayliff Bowman's brother, William, lived in for a number of years.

I wonder what sort of cheese JBB made ? Does anyone know whether they were 'classified' in 1867 ?

Below is a photo of the first page of this particular journal [I have four more] ~ it gives you some idea of its layout and of JBB's handwriting.

 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th December 1866

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 - 12 Mo[nth] Very rimy frost white - finish[e]d leading swedes home etc - cov[erin]g up - calf dead of speed at S.H. - one at Cales with belly ache - but recov[ere]d - things doing pretty well - cheese 16 in every other day both places - 

 

1st day 2nd Fine frosty

2 - 3rd Very wet

3rd - d[itt]o

4 - 5 Fair to M[onthly] Meeting] Chesterf[ield]

5 - 6 Fine early then very wet - bro[ther] W[illia]m came aft[ernoo]n - cows lie in

6 - 7 Fine morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n - self with Wm. to Middleton then to Ashford to dine & tea - self & Wm to Longston [sic] to see ab[ou]t letting of a bit of land - Wm to Nott[ingha]m

 

7 - 8 Fine & frosty

1st 9 to 17 Very showery weather finish[e]d pit[tin]g turnips to Nott[ingha]m & 18 Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting] & home

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 29th November 1866

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 :~

6 - 16 very wet day home in dog cart & horse bo[ugh]t at Nott[ingha]m with Joanna - arrived safe at home almost perished with wet & cold - found all well

7 - 17 Very sharp frost all day - plough[in]g - cutting swedes off when fit etc Cows lie out yet - have a bit of hay night & morn[in]g - & turnips in day

1st day 18 Stormy morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n

2 - 19 Fine & frosty

3 - 20 Ditto - S.A., Joanna & I to B[akewe]ll & Ashford to dine & tea

4 - 21 Ditto - S.A. & Joanna to Rowsley to meet Sam but alas there was a message for J. to return to N - to bairns badly - S.A. ret[urne]d alone

5 - 22 Fine but dull

6 - 23 Very showery day self to Middleton met Father & W[illia]m & Lizzy & Brownson looked over the farm & valued most things - satisfactorily - 11 ac[res] of turnips & swedes - seeds on moor 15 ac[res] look very promising - corn pretty good but weathered - hay ditto part weathered but not spoiled 

7 - 23 Dull & mizzly at times - finish[e]d cut[tin]g & carting swedes at S.H. cutt[in]g off in Waterholes & pi[tin]g corn [next word not clear] at S.H. - Cows have turnips in the field & hay night & morn[in]g - lie out

1 - 24 Very stormy

2 - 25 Fine day bro[ther] W[illia]m came up from B[akewell]

3 - 26 Fine day W[illia]m & Eben[ezer] & self to Alsop in Dale to sale of Mrs. Buxtons [sic]  bo[ugh]t 5 cows 2 heifers & bull calf & 35 ewes @ 51/- 6 cows of Jos[eph] Kirkam £14 10/- - home -

4 - 27 Fine & frosty

5 - 28 Fine but cold S.E. wind - to Staden Farm sale of the late W.Wood of Eagle Hotel Buxton - bo[ugh]t 4 heifers

6 - 29 Fine to Buxton to Eagle Hotel sale bo[ugh]t 55 ewes 50/- about Grey Horse £12 & bay mare £24 10/- rising 7 years each - bro[ther] W[illia]m at Middleton valuation

There was no entry for the last day of November 1866