Year 1890

Jan 11 Attended annual meeting of Shropshire Chamber of Agriculture

Jan 13 Cart horse died cost 40..0..0

Jan 18 Sold barley at 5/4 per B

Jan 20 Kate went to school at Oswestry

Jan 25 At Main Roads Committee meeting

Feb 8 Quarterly Council. Took from 12 until 4-30

Feb 15 Special Meeting of Executive Committee

Mar 13 Samuel Evans. Started to Australia

Mar 18 Attended Mr Bache’s sale at Elsich, Corfe Dale

Mar 24 At sale at the More Farm (in B Castle

Apr 18 Attended first meeting of the South Western Division of Roads at Craven Arms to set out rules for managing the roads, ours being the first District taken over by Council.

Apr 20 Old John Lello died at Aston

Apr 23 Drove with District Surveyor over 26 miles of main roads (my position? to over look) to report upon them.

Apr 25 At Board of Guardian Meeting. Was elected Vice Chairman of the Board

Apr 28 Foreman of jury at inquest on a Waggoner killed near Rowton.

Apr 30 At sale at Affcott, neat Marsbrook?

May 21 At visitation at Ludlow

May 30 Had a brown pony (bought at Calcot Hall sale, fetched her from B Castle

June 7 Wool sold at 1/ made 84..11..0

June 10 Foreman of jury, inquest on old James, he cut his throat at Sibdon Castle

June 11 At Odd Fellows Club Dinner at Purslow

June 23 Sold wheat at 5/- per B

June 24 Began hay harvest. Finished July 24th

July 10 Rev R G Maul put a new clock in church tower

July 14 Margaret in bed ill with rhumation

July 17 Over the Lodge Farm Mrs Nott & Mr Langford with me. It was in a dreadful dirty state

June 22 Old Garbut, Jeffs factotum or head old man came here for a few days

June 24 At B Castle as witness for landlord, re price the Lodge

June 24 Mr Charles Bright of Broome, thrown off his horse & killed instantly. On road near Broome

June 24 Edith at a dance at Mr Grooms of Stoke Castle Farm, whilst there engaged herself to Mr Henry Davies of Wistanstow. Curiously it happened just at the time our neighbour was killed.

June 25 I went to Swansea for a few days

Aug 6 Began grain harvest

Aug 19 Took Tom Vaughan to Mr Makelin’s of the Cym he bought 80 ewes there at 47/-per head

Aug 30 At Executive Meeting, cattle disease began at Mr Nevits? & Broughton

Sep 17 Finished grain harvest