I went to Ryde to pay Mothers account at Mr. Hearns. Annie and Emma Jane came in the van to see Grandma. I arrived home by 2 o’clock after which I went to Newport. When I came back I found Mrs Dennis, Mary Louisa and Lucy Emily and the servant, they all returned to Ryde in the van. Fernhill Harvest Supper.
The Diary of Mary Ann Denham
Wootton Bridge 1857 -1859
September 16th, 1858
Thursday 16th September 1858
June 14th, 1858
Monday 14th June 1858
Mrs Sanders of Fernhill after a protracted illness departed this life aged 70 years. A party of Wootton Villagers went to the sheep shearing supper at Combley.
February 16th, 1857
Monday 16th February 1857
Mrs Jackman’s (little girl) burnt so very much whilst she was gone Fernhill that it expired about 2 hours after her return.