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 :~
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
