Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

Sparkford

Date Snippet
Mon 2 Sep 1889

Messrs Laver Son Stock Sale Sparkford.
Laver (60), Messrs (1565), Sale (282), son (269), Sparkford (67), stock (194)
Mon 17 Aug 1891

Sparkford Repositary Stock Sale, round, B. House Gables.
Gables (367), House (1200), Repositary (2), round (264), Sale (282), Sparkford (67), stock (194)
Sat 28 Nov 1891

We agreed Lectures Fruit Vegetable Culture Sparkford Mifbome Port Mr W. Knight .
agreed (1355), Culture (6), fruit (18), Knight (122), Lectures (39), Mifbome (1), Port (17), Sparkford (67), Vegetable (5)
Mon 13 Feb 1893

Mrs Peach stayed Mr Peach Sparkford Auction.
Auction (63), Mrs (1554), Peach (300), Peach (300), Sparkford (67), stayed (239)
Sat 29 Apr 1893

Left Income Tax Paper Mr T. H. Jones, sent resolution Mr Hobhouse aking G. W. R. Co return old rate carriage /? instead / per ton ton lots corn, cake, manure, Bristol Bruton, C. Cary Sparkford Sexeys Trade school.
aking (1), Bristol (319), Bruton (758), cake (715), carriage (187), Cary (351), Corn (39), Hobhouse (110), Income (51), instead (37), Jones (1185), Left (30), lots (64), manure (256), old (289), Paper (133), Per (696), Rate (87), resolution (16), return (40), school (673), sent (4043), Sexeys (94), Sparkford (67), Tax (57), Ton (184), Ton (184), Trade (97)
Mon 31 Jul 1893

Sparkford Repositary sale milking.
Milking (76), Repositary (2), Sale (282), Sparkford (67)
Mon 11 Sep 1893

Sent James Meaden Sparkford Beast.
beast (80), James (591), Meaden (261), sent (4043), Sparkford (67)
Mon 15 Jan 1894

Tom Sparkford calves sold Edgar B. House.
calves (455), Edgar (357), House (1200), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Mon 9 Apr 1894

J. Rex Tom calves Lambs Fat Ewes Evercreech Junction Sale Lumber Lambs Sparkford.
calves (455), Evercreech (201), Ewes (140), fat (530), Junction (118), Lambs (228), Lambs (228), Lumber (781), Rex (2123), Sale (282), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Mon 9 Apr 1894

Tom Sparkford, sold.
Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Mon 23 Apr 1894

Tom Lambs Sparkford reposhary.
Lambs (228), reposhary (1), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Mon 21 May 1894

T. L Lambs myself calves Sparkford Sold alt Lambs.
alt (9), calves (455), Lambs (228), Lambs (228), myself (111), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 18 Jun 1894

Tom Lumber Lambs Sc calves Sparkford sold .
calves (455), Lambs (228), Lumber (781), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Mon 16 Jul 1894

James Meaden Victor Sparkford Beast.
beast (80), James (591), Meaden (261), Sparkford (67), Victor (1058)
Mon 16 Jul 1894

Stanley South Town Sparkford, sold Beast James Moger grass Paddock South Town paid /- /c acres mangel hoe allotments @ / per acre.
acre (26), Acres (100), allotments (22), beast (80), grass (196), hoe (18), James (591), mangel (528), Moger (2), Paddock (42), paid (1944), Per (696), Sold (374), South (357), South (357), Sparkford (67), Stanley (703), Town (532), Town (532)
Mon 10 Sep 1894

Took Beast Sparkford St sold .
beast (80), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Took (139)
Mon 5 Nov 1894

J. Meaden Fat cows Sparkford Sent Cheese station trucked Messrs Marsh Adlam, Wells.
Adlam (109), cheese (1666), cows (394), fat (530), Marsh (190), Meaden (261), Messrs (1565), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), Station (860), trucked (6), Wells (241)
Mon 5 Nov 1894

Lumber sheep Tom Calves Sparkford sold stock sent Miss Mabel Fifett sister.
calves (455), Fifett (133), Lumber (781), Mabel (21), Miss (918), sent (4043), sheep (339), Sister (177), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), stock (194), Tom (2187)
Mon 3 Dec 1894

Sent J. Meaden Sparkford Beast Tom followed calves sold St cows.
beast (80), calves (455), cows (394), followed (3), Meaden (261), sent (4043), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187)
Wed 12 Dec 1894

Town Posted Messrs Wainwright Sc Laver saying send Beast Fat, Sc Calves Sparkford Auction Monday Called Mr Strouds.
Auction (63), beast (80), Called (1514), calves (455), fat (530), Laver (60), Messrs (1565), Monday (364), Posted (12), saying (947), send (792), Sparkford (67), Strouds (216), Town (532), Wainwright (34)
Mon 11 Mar 1895

Sc Mr Hoare Sparkford St sold Fat cows .
cows (394), fat (530), Hoare (155), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Thu 4 Apr 1895

Mr Payne cows Fat Se agreed 's price Sc week suit himself Sparkford, Monday.
agreed (1355), cows (394), fat (530), himself (54), Monday (364), Payne (369), price (188), Sparkford (67), suit (40), week (405)
Mon 15 Jul 1895

Sparkford calves, Bull, Beast sold .
beast (80), Bull (301), calves (455), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 7 Oct 1895

Mr Payne today Sc bought Fat cow @ / Sc ifhe gave / today Sparkford / per score .
bought (1410), cow (461), fat (530), Gave (523), ifhe (1), Payne (369), Per (696), score (108), Sparkford (67), today (1127), today (1127)
Sat 23 Nov 1895

Mr Alliston Sparkford Sc done pruning Apple fruit Trees, morning St afternoon.
afternoon (245), Alliston (8), apple (31), done (281), fruit (18), morning (1314), Pruning (22), Sparkford (67), trees (115)
Sat 11 Jan 1896

Mr Clarice Sc wants send Horses Sc Waggon Sparkford Monday Wood.
Clarice (41), horses (243), Monday (364), send (792), Sparkford (67), Waggon (230), wants (59), wood (415)
Mon 13 Jan 1896

J. Rex Horses Waggon Sparkford Mr Clarke fbr Wood Lumber hauled dirt.
Clarke (296), dirt (294), fbr (94), hauled (709), horses (243), Lumber (781), Rex (2123), Sparkford (67), Waggon (230), wood (415)
Thu 19 Mar 1896

J. Rex Sparkford Horses Mr Clarice.
Clarice (41), horses (243), Rex (2123), Sparkford (67)
Mon 4 May 1896

Sparkford.
Sparkford (67)
Mon 4 May 1896

Tom Sparkford gave cheque Bank wrote Mr Dyke told hedge laid winter road South Town.
Bank (1010), cheque (1456), Dyke (23), Gave (523), hedge (120), laid (17), Road (219), South (357), Sparkford (67), told (1155), Tom (2187), Town (532), Winter (172), Wrote (2470)
Mon 18 May 1896

Sent calves Sparkford.
calves (455), sent (4043), Sparkford (67)
Mon 18 May 1896

Mr Payne Sparkford calves sold .
calves (455), Payne (369), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 1 Jun 1896

Mr Payne picked Fat sheep Sc Lambs ( Lamb himself ( tomorrow) Calves Sparkford sold Tom tomorrow Horse Rake.
calves (455), fat (530), himself (54), horse (444), Lamb (82), Lambs (228), Payne (369), picked (81), Rake (38), sheep (339), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Tom (2187), tomorrow (666), tomorrow (666)
Mon 15 Jun 1896

Lumber sheep Calves Sparkford Sc sold .
calves (455), Lumber (781), sheep (339), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 30 Nov 1896

Sent Victor Lumber calves Sparkford sold John Laver.
calves (455), John (2874), Laver (60), Lumber (781), sent (4043), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), Victor (1058)
Sat 16 Jan 1897

J. Rex Lumber Sparkford Horees waggons Loads Firewood Mr Clarke.
Clarke (296), Firewood (8), Horees (2), loads (143), Lumber (781), Rex (2123), Sparkford (67), Waggons (20)
Mon 25 Jan 1897

Ernest cows Sparkford Sc Victor Calves Ram.
calves (455), cows (394), Ernest (94), ram (45), Sparkford (67), Victor (1058)
Mon 25 Jan 1897

Bank, met Mr Hussey Sc Sparkford Sc sold stock.
Bank (1010), Hussey (128), met (393), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), stock (194)
Mon 8 Mar 1897

Ernest calves Sparkford.
calves (455), Ernest (94), Sparkford (67)
Mon 5 Apr 1897

Lumber calves Sparkford Auction.
Auction (63), calves (455), Lumber (781), Sparkford (67)
Mon 3 May 1897

Put cows lots turned Bull Hyde loL Mr Hoards mare foaled morning, mare Colt Victor Sparkford calves heifer calves wean.
Bull (301), calves (455), calves (455), colt (297), cows (394), foaled (7), heifer (239), Hoards (3), Hyde (177), loL (1), lots (64), mare (385), mare (385), morning (1314), Put (210), Sparkford (67), Turned (174), Victor (1058), wean (41)
Mon 3 May 1897

Victor brought calves Sparkford Mr R. Green.
brought (899), calves (455), Green (576), Sparkford (67), Victor (1058)
Mon 17 May 1897

Picked Fat Ewes St Fat lambs St sent Sparkford Mr Payne agreed Fat cow week week .
agreed (1355), cow (461), Ewes (140), fat (530), fat (530), fat (530), Lambs (228), Payne (369), picked (81), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), week (405), week (405)
Mon 17 May 1897

Dry east Wind blowing Calf Sparkford (Mr Payne ) sold stock.
Blowing (10), calf (367), dry (46), east (69), Payne (369), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), stock (194), Wind (58)
Sat 29 May 1897

Mr Payne's promised Monday morning pick Ewes Lambs Sparkford Mr Stroud return Pigs cheque, Hardway Bridge.
Bridge (115), cheque (1456), Ewes (140), Hardway (43), Lambs (228), Monday (364), morning (1314), Payne (369), pick (18), Pigs (1328), promised (658), return (40), Sparkford (67), Stroud (1409)
Mon 31 May 1897

Sent Ewes Lambs Sparkford.
Ewes (140), Lambs (228), sent (4043), Sparkford (67)
Mon 31 May 1897

Sparkford sold Ewes Lambs.
Ewes (140), Lambs (228), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 14 Jun 1897

Sent G. James Sparkford Fat Beast J. Rex Lumber hauling Lime Cole Station School.
beast (80), Cole (150), fat (530), hauling (1627), James (591), lime (256), Lumber (781), Rex (2123), school (673), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), Station (860)
Mon 14 Jun 1897

Mr Payne Sparkford sold Beast.
beast (80), Payne (369), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 15 Nov 1897

Lumber gas house coke Sparkford calves.
calves (455), coke (31), gas (99), House (1200), Lumber (781), Sparkford (67)
Fri 19 Nov 1897

Reed cheque Waimvrights Co stock sold Sparkford, owned P. C. Reed Notice Barley coming B. F. Co.
Barley (522), cheque (1456), coming (271), Notice (252), owned (146), Reed (3327), Reed (3327), Sold (374), Sparkford (67), stock (194), Waimvrights (1)
Mon 13 Dec 1897

Morgan calves Sparkford.
calves (455), Morgan (136), Sparkford (67)
Mon 10 Jan 1898

Sent G. James Sc Willie Sparkford cows.
cows (394), James (591), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), Willie (383)
Mon 24 Jan 1898

sent calves Sparkford today Ernest.
calves (455), Ernest (94), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), today (1127)
Mon 30 May 1898

He Sent cows Sparkford F. Gamlin Willie.
cows (394), Gamlin (49), sent (4043), Sparkford (67), Willie (383)
Mon 1 Oct 1900

Sparkford Auction.
Auction (63), Sparkford (67)
Mon 26 Nov 1900

G. J balch calves cows Sparkford sold Messrs Laver Co.
Balch (84), calves (455), cows (394), Laver (60), Messrs (1565), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 11 Nov 1901

Sparkford seeing pigs weighed Bniton Bacon Factory.
Bacon (168), Bniton (62), Factory (58), Pigs (1328), seeing (45), Sparkford (67), Weighed (277)
Fri 15 Nov 1901

owned receipt Mr Gowing bought maize meal, Pollards Bran Half sks Flour /-, wrote Cousin Rhoda Clift (ft sent Rabbits), Victor, Messrs Wainwrigbt Laver re Fat Beast Sparkford ( Monday th) Repository Sale.
beast (80), bought (1410), Bran (176), Clift (95), Cousin (105), fat (530), flour (106), Gowing (199), half (161), Laver (60), Maize (322), meal (202), Messrs (1565), Monday (364), owned (146), Pollards (225), Rabbits) (1), receipt (518), Repository (4), Rhoda (61), Sale (282), sent (4043), Sks (576), Sparkford (67), Victor (1058), Wainwrigbt (1), Wrote (2470)
Mon 25 Nov 1901

Sent Calves Fat Beast Sparkford Auction sold .
Auction (63), beast (80), calves (455), fat (530), sent (4043), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 25 Nov 1901

We Fat cow Mr Stroud's Sparkford sell Auction, Mr E. C. Payne agreed week @?--tfshe turned / .
agreed (1355), Auction (63), cow (461), fat (530), Payne (369), sell (100), Sparkford (67), Stroud (1409), Turned (174), week (405)
Tue 3 Dec 1901

Reed cheque Mr Shepherd whom sent receipt Also sent Mr Warburton Bruhams Tithe sheets requested Also reed notice Wainwright Laver saying Sparkford Repository commence future oclock sharp.
Also (100), Also (100), Bruhams (9), cheque (1456), commence (19), future (12), Laver (60), Notice (252), oclock (1), receipt (518), Reed (3327), Reed (3327), Repository (4), requested (6), saying (947), sent (4043), sent (4043), Sharp (48), Sheets (62), Shepherd (30), Sparkford (67), Tithe (626), Wainwright (34), Warburton (49), whom (22)
Mon 9 Dec 1901

Mr F. Scott, Vet, cow, Ginger, ordered Drenches Sparkford Saw Mr Thomas Bartlett promised tomorrow morning view buying .
Bartlett (38), buying (16), cow (461), Drenches (17), Ginger (14), morning (1314), ordered (247), promised (658), Saw (1040), Scott (4), Sparkford (67), Thomas (223), tomorrow (666), vet (2), view (36)
Mon 17 Feb 1902

Sent Fat Bull Calves Sparkford sold .
Bull (301), calves (455), fat (530), sent (4043), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Mon 24 Nov 1902

Sparkford Beef sold.
Beef (15), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)
Tue 1 Dec 1903

entered Fat Bull Sparkford Monday
Bull (301), Entered (10), fat (530), Sparkford (67)
Mon 7 Dec 1903

Sent Fat Bull Fat Hetferto Sparkford Calves sold .
Bull (301), calves (455), fat (530), fat (530), Hetferto (1), sent (4043), Sold (374), Sparkford (67)

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