The Diary of Mary Ann Denham

Wootton Bridge 1857 -1859
April 15th, 1858

Thursday 15th April 1858

The first hen that sat laid an egg – the light hen we sat on the duck eggs. In the afternoon Julia and Mrs Moore went to the sale of furniture at Kite Hill, Miss J. Brading came home with Julia. Mr. C. Pike set the potatoes in the garden, Julia went part the way home with Miss Brading.

November 1st, 1857

Sunday 1st November 1857

Sacrament Sunday at St Edmunds.

In the afternoon Julia and I went to church. When we returned home we found Mrs Burrows, her son and Miss Harriet Sherwood, they arrived about 3 o’clock, we spent a very pleasant evening. Julia and I went as far as “Kite Hill” home with them, it was a most pleasant walk, on our return home we saw Miss Ann Cooper who came to the top of the hill with us, where meeting her sisters and a few more friends, who had been to Ebenezer Chapel she returned homeward with them, and we pursued our journey alone. We arrived home by 9 o’clock, then read a little, played a few tunes on the concertina and then retired to rest.