Reference
FAC121
Title
Diary of James Mossman, Centre Farm, Battlesden
Date free text
1895
Production date
From: 1895 To: 1895
Scope and Content
Includes: Farming details: lambs born, sale of ewes, purchase and sale of cattle, thrashing wheat, chaff cutting, fetching fuel and cattle food, visits to Leighton Buzzard market. Personal details: minor complaints - backache, visits from doctor; Eddie, presumably daughter, back to school; haircut
[James Mossman, born circa 1865, was the son of James and Elizabeth Mossman of Priory Farm, Chicksands, see 1881 Chicksands census. He married the daughter of the previous tenant Welch. He was Mr. A.R. Mossman's great uncle. He had one son and four daughters, one of whom was a nurse and photographer]
Format
photocopy
Originals held by Mr & Mrs A.R. Mossman, 2, The Baulk, Clapham, MK41 6HA. Loaned for photocopying, 14th November 1988
Level of description
item