Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

leading

Date Snippet
Sat 11 Nov 1882

Sam mending Road leading B. Street.
leading (24), mending (105), Road (219), Sam (168), Street (121)
Fri 3 Sep 1886

BJohn , Stile leading B. House Path old corn ground.
BJohn (556), Corn (39), Ground (382), House (1200), leading (24), old (289), path (22), Stile (2)
Fri 29 Nov 1889

Sent J. Rex T. Hisgrove carts haul Dirt Siding Road leading station, Companys helping fill .
carts (19), Companys (1), dirt (294), fill (10), haul (115), helping (61), Hisgrove (299), leading (24), Rex (2123), Road (219), sent (4043), Siding (2), Station (860)
Fri 2 May 1890

W. Curtis opened gate leading corner wall grounds.
Corner (40), Curtis (21), Gate (403), grounds (64), leading (24), opened (18), Wall (186)
Sat 3 May 1890

R. Eddington drain (pipes) leading Corner Wall ground.
Corner (40), drain (63), Eddington (9), Ground (382), leading (24), pipes (97), Wall (186)
Sat 11 Apr 1891

Mr Shackleton AI showed Door Posts leading Barton Road Wall asked cess pits square stable.
Asked (386), Barton (13), cess (5), door (50), leading (24), pits (7), Posts (38), Road (219), Shackleton (284), showed (58), square (13), Stable (27), Wall (186)
Sat 8 Aug 1891

Mr Sinton told mo looked posts doers leading Road Cogley Wood B. John called station meet Wife's sister.
Called (1514), Cogley (324), doers (1), John (2874), leading (24), looked (297), meet (154), Posts (38), Road (219), Sinton (158), Sister (177), Station (860), told (1155), Wife (151), wood (415)
Sat 19 Sep 1891

Wet morning, J. Rex Cogley tree Door Posts leading yard Road.
Cogley (324), door (50), leading (24), morning (1314), Posts (38), Rex (2123), Road (219), tree (54), wet (231), Yard (290)
Sun 11 Dec 1892

Heard sad news Mr Bicknell Mullins dead road leading Castle Cary morning.
Bicknell (1), Cary (351), Castle (203), dead (118), heard (404), leading (24), morning (1314), Mullins (72), news (13), Road (219), sad (6)
Thu 9 Mar 1893

E. Tanner done Tiles doors Drain leading Tank.
done (281), doors (42), drain (63), leading (24), tank (67), Tanner (10), tiles (68)
Mon 18 Dec 1893

J. Rex hauling stones roadway leading old allotments.
allotments (22), hauling (1627), leading (24), old (289), Rex (2123), roadway (2), stones (170)
Thu 21 Dec 1893

S. Grey breaking stones road leading old allotments.
allotments (22), breaking (10), Grey (123), leading (24), old (289), Road (219), stones (170)
Mon 12 Feb 1894

J. Rex Sc S. Grey putting pipes gateway leading Comer wall ground Sc others c Burrowfield Frome Road.
Burrowfield (217), comer (60), Frome (614), Gateway (12), Grey (123), Ground (382), leading (24), others (707), pipes (97), putting (152), Rex (2123), Road (219), Wall (186)
Wed 1 Jul 1896

G. White cutting thistles therein- , T. James St Stanley Sc chains Sc Locks () gates leading Sc Cogley Wood re hung .
Chains (4), Cogley (324), cutting (421), gates (37), hung (8), James (591), leading (24), Locks (5), Stanley (703), therein- (1), thistles (31), White (580), wood (415)
Thu 29 Oct 1896

J. Candy Bridge leading Dead 's hole ground Horse ley , St rails wanted repairing wood told lbs nails Sc tomorrow rails Sc Bridge.
Bridge (115), Bridge (115), Candy (156), dead (118), Ground (382), hole (53), horse (444), lbs (124), leading (24), ley (5), Nails (13), Rails (46), Rails (46), repairing (37), told (1155), tomorrow (666), wanted (149), wood (415)
Fri 27 Nov 1896

Cogley Wood annd agreed J. Candy F. Field riding Path wood, ( straight ) ford gate leading Sheep house field opposite farm House bottom road wood cost making exceed A. wrote Mr J. H. White re Captain Sheraton's Horse W. Lear telling hoped Dec th (DV).
agreed (1355), annd (1), bottom (44), Candy (156), Captain (27), Cogley (324), cost (59), Dec (78), exceed (5), Farm (548), Field (181), Field (181), Ford (145), Gate (403), hoped (71), horse (444), House (1200), House (1200), leading (24), Lear (669), making (235), opposite (4), path (22), Riding (5), Road (219), sheep (339), Sheraton (5), straight (7), telling (115), White (580), wood (415), wood (415), wood (415), Wrote (2470)
Thu 7 Jan 1897

Saw J. C F. F told mend Bridges leading Stone track spring Pond.
Bridges (12), leading (24), mend (20), Pond (119), Saw (1040), Spring (49), Stone (98), told (1155), track (4)
Fri 17 Mar 1899

Mr Philip Bennett Coward measured wood Bushey Plot gate charcoal Bridge gate leading Mary WhattonV wrote P. C Greenhill.
Bennett (682), Bridge (115), Bushey (18), charcoal (1), Coward (6), Gate (403), Gate (403), Greenhill (13), leading (24), Mary (198), measured (67), Philip (23), plot (19), WhattonV (1), wood (415), Wrote (2470)
Thu 12 Mar 1903

Went London Mr Hiring met Mr Nelson Mr Inglis Paddinglon Solicitors Office GWR Co re Lusty Foot Path, promised lo divert Footpath North Line Road Railway Arch Arch carries road corner Road leading Parklawns Dropping Lane.
Arch (3), Arch (3), carries (1), Corner (40), divert (1), Dropping (30), foot (34), Footpath (7), GWR (40), Hiring (25), Inglis (1), Lane (72), leading (24), Line (9), London (308), Lusty (17), met (393), Nelson (3), North (146), Office (124), Paddinglon (2), Parklawns (2), path (22), promised (658), Railway (60), Road (219), Road (219), Road (219), Solicitors (1), Went (826)
Wed 15 Jul 1903

After meeting , Messrs Mackie, Stacey, Harding Hillard road leading main road Charlton House, t wrote W C Dairy Supply Co re milk, Mr Price, Wellington papers,
After (58), Charlton (28), dairy (225), Harding (371), Hillard (29), House (1200), leading (24), Mackie (13), main (3), meeting (967), Messrs (1565), Milk (1238), price (188), Road (219), Road (219), Stacey (8), supply (206), Wellington (15), Wrote (2470)
Sat 5 Dec 1903

Bank, afterward met Mr Haine Padfield looked Wyke road Ac leading Lamyatt Men crushing cake.
afterward (211), Bank (1010), cake (715), Crushing (27), Haine (34), Lamyatt (19), leading (24), looked (297), Men (1554), met (393), Padfield (119), Road (219), Wyke (39)
Mon 14 Mar 1904

Bruton met Mr John Hodges, Mr LHannam Mr Padfield Road leading Back Houses River Patwell agreed recommend District council pay half ?--: /- theirs ft , Bruton Parochial Committee pay /-.
agreed (1355), Back (90), Bruton (758), Bruton (758), Committee (364), Council (146), District (45), half (161), Hodges (4), Houses (64), John (2874), leading (24), LHannam (2), met (393), Padfield (119), Parochial (33), Patwell (3), pay (274), pay (274), recommend (11), River (13), Road (219), theirs (13)
Sat 23 Apr 1904

T. H getting drain gateway leading Hyde Walfords.
drain (63), Gateway (12), getting (220), Hyde (177), leading (24), Walfords (33)
Wed 4 May 1904

T. H getting drains gateway leading Orchard Ridgey Lawns Hyde Big Walfords.
Big (53), drains (9), Gateway (12), getting (220), Hyde (177), Lawns (29), leading (24), orchard (95), Ridgey (20), Walfords (33)

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