Very showery day.
The Diary of Mary Ann Denham
Wootton Bridge 1857 -1859Archive for the ‘Diary’ Category
I and Emma Jane went to Newport. Mrs. Dennis Miss Emma Austin and Mary Louisa and the baby Lucy Emily drank tea with us.
I went to Newport.
I went to Newport, In the afternoon I went to Ryde to invite Cousins Annie Eliza and Emma Jane to stay with us a few weeks. Mr. G.C. rode home to Wootton Bridge with me.
Aunt Ann went to Ventnor.
Rookley Tea party. I went to Ryde to pay the grocery license but I was too early so cousin William paid it for Grandma. In the afternoon I went to Newport.
I went to Newport.
Julia went to Wootton Church. In the afternoon Miss Thorne drank tea with us. In the evening Julia and Miss Thorne went to Newport Church. Mr. R.C. called to see us.
In the afternoon Fanny and I drank tea near Blacklands we had a little gypsy party. In the evening it came on to rain so we arrived home about 9 o’clock very tired indeed.
The Wesleyan Chapel on the Medina Road West Cowes has just been licensed for the solemnization of marriage and the first wedding took place this morning. Mr. William White Jnr. to Miss Lydia Pinhorn daughter of the late Mr. Charles Pinhorn, they were presented as is usual on the first occasion with a Bible and Hymn Book bound in Morroco (leather) – by the trustees of the chapel. The light hen began sitting today.