Year 1867

Jan 6 Uncle Minshall died (of cancer) at Ebnal Lodge near Oswestry.

Jan 26 Sold wheat at 9/7 per B

Jan 29 Went to Aston on Clun

Feb 22 Incoming tenant valuing fixtures & taking to other things

Feb 28 Sending implements (heavy ones) off by train from Yockleton to Broome

Mar 1 Took Mr C Bowdler to Baschurch Races went to feed &cc at Prescott

Mar 4 Took a man to Aston to get some of the work done. 28 miles from Cardiston

Mar 8 Loaded a load of goods on own waggon

Mar 12 My brother Jeffrey married at Atcham Church to Miss Sarah Crane.

Mar 18 Packing goods to send off

Mar 19 At sale at Aston on Clun. (snow 10 inches deep a bad day to get home same night reached Cardiston at midnight

Mar 22 Margaret & self paying wedding visit at Chilton

Mar 28 Drove from Cardiston to Aston on Clun, called at the Grange, Chilton & had tea at Church Stretton on the way

Mar 30 Margaret, Janet Vaughan, & servants helping to put up things in house a very busy awkward time

I bought at the sale stock & other things to the amount of 130..0..0

Apr 9 At sale at Coston Hall

Apr 22 My sheep came here by rail & the cattle walked here

May 2 Mr Bird? (agent) here planning out sites of more buildings to be put up

June 5 Men began cutting foundations

June 7 Margaret presented me with a daughter. Named her Edith Mary.

June 12 Went to Mr Froggets Bryhamption bought 4 hogsheads of cider

June 19 Began hay harvest

June 30 Had baby christened

July 4 Paid last half years rent for Cardiston 129..17..0

Finished hay

Aug 19 Began grain harvest

Wool 1/4½

Sep 12 Off going tenant thrashing their wheat

Sep 21 Sold my Cardiston off going crop of wheat at 9/4 per B fetched from machine

Sep 11 Finished grain harvest.

Nov 13 Let my farm at Trefnanney to Mr Griffith Lewis

Nov 30 Sold barley at 6/- per B wheat at 10/2 per B

Dec 2 Began to plant new orchard

Dec 19 Paid 1st ½ years rent for Aston 164..19..11

My off going share of wheat at Cardiston after deducting expenses 26 acres made 98..15..0

sold at 9/4 per B