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1810 Antique DIARY Farming JOURNAL Estate CALENDAR Beauchief Hall ENGLAND UK Published by B.P Capper, 1810. The British Imperial Calendar for 1810: or the General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Its Colonies; Containing Lists of Both Houses of Parliament; all the Official Departments, of the State and Branches of Public Service; the Church, the Law, National, Scientific, or Commercial Companies and Institutions; with Many Additional Articles of Public Utility. Compiled by B.P. Capper - LONDON: 1810 The diary is a farming diary written on the estate of Beauchief Hall (pronounced Bee-chiff) in 1810. The estate descended, through marriage, to Edward Pegge who built a new mansion in 1671 on a site to the south-west of the abbey described as `a gentle descent on the brow of the hanging wood, the bellum caput or Beau Chef (ibid). This site is also thought to be the site of the Grange where the monks formerly made their butter and cheese (Tilley 1899). Stone from the abbey, by then ruinous, was used for the new mansion and Pegge, at about the same time, restored a part of the abbey chapel for use as a church (Glover 1833). After the death of Edward Pegge in 1679 the estate remained in the ownership of the family, by direct descent, until the death of Edward's great-grandson Peter in 1836. Excerpts: March 1, 1810 Plowing with the new illegible in the paddock March 3 - Day fixed for Bradfield Consent to be signed March 4 - First lambs, 2 born March 5 - Burchill very ill March 7 - Very winterly, one lamb died March 10 - went to Windbourne May 8 - Turned the ground some more, put the sheep behind the house June 12 - at the Newark Fair June 13 - turned the milking cows to the great paddock June 19 - at the Sheffield Fair, dined with my Aunt July 1 - very severe thunderstorm; the outer cliff chapel has been damaged July 9 - Income tax paid July 15 - Gillet had six lambs Aug 4 - Poor Stanley found dead this morning; Aunt and Mary Ann left Beauchief Sept 2 - began the harvest of the barley Sept 13 - did the last of the barley and sheared the sheep Sept 17 - killed a lamb Oct 22 - began plowing up behind the abbey for wheat Oct 24 - Harvest supper Nov 2 - Princess Amelia died today Returned home and during my absence, three acres were sown in the upper paddock Dec 14 - Beautys calf went to W. Gillets Dec 18 - James the milk boy went back to Mr. Spooners Dec 20 - Went to Windbourne for dinner CONDITION: This 209-year-old book measures 7x4 and is 404 pages long with about 39 pages written on and used for a diary. The leather is in fairly good condition; there is some chipping to the front cover and bottom of the spine. The binding is still tight with covers intact. Foxing and toning are minimal. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.