Mother and I went to Newport. Miss Ann Cooper left Wootton Bridge to go to Mrs. Yards to live as under house maid if I am not mistaken. On our return home from Newport I gathered a bunch of blackberries – Miss Matilda Shute departed this life today nearly suddenly, she was staying with Mr and Mrs Hollingsworth and family at Paris.
The Diary of Mary Ann Denham
Wootton Bridge 1857 -1859
January 2nd, 1858
Saturday 2nd January 1858
December 29th, 1857
Tuesday 29th December 1857
Mother and I went to Newport.
In the evening Julia and I went for a delightful walk.
December 21st, 1857
Monday 21st December 1857
Mother and I went to Claybrooks Farm.
In the afternoon Julia went to Newport. About 4 o’clock M.G.C. and I went to Newport. It was the anniversary of the opening of St Thomas’s Church.
December 19th, 1857
Saturday 19th December 2012
I and Mother went to Newport
December 17th, 1857
Thursday 17th December 1857
I went to Newport this afternoon.
Mother gave Julia a volume entitled The Lorn Cupboard.
December 16th, 1857
Wednesday 16th December 1857
I drove Mother part of the road to Ryde in the donkey cart. On my return I met Mr. Josiah Cooper and had a long gossip with him, after that, I saw Robert and after chatting a short time with him, I resumed my journey. I had not proceeded far before I met Mr.G,C., so I had quite an agreeable morning’s chat with my old friends. I also met Mr.J.G.G. on his pony, but we merely bowed to each other and passed on.
We did not go to the “Dramatic Amateur Performances” this evening, it was a very wet and dark evening.
December 12th, 1857
Saturday 12th December 1857
Mother and I went to Newport, I had a tooth extracted.
In the afternoon Julia walked into Newport.
In the evening I went and met her.
December 5th, 1857
Saturday 5th December 1857
I and Mother went to Newport.
Mrs A Pike confined with a son.
In the afternoon Julia walked into town.
In the evening I walked as far as Mr Munns factory. Miss Jane Rolf and Mr J.C.L. was with her. They came far as Staplers with us, when they returned to town and we finished our journey homewards alone, we arrived home by 8 o’clock.
December 3rd, 1857
Thursday 3rd December 1857
Mother walked to Ryde. I did a little millinery.
Mother arrived home by half past 6 o’clock.
December 1st, 1857
Tuesday 1st December 1857
Mother and I went to Newport.