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Jan 1^st. Cold high wind. Rain at night.
2^nd. More rain & wind. Ploughing backward.
17^th. First lambs 2 born to-day. 3 lambs 18^th. 2 lambs
19^th. Weather medium 3. 21^st -
27^th. Hunmanby doctor sent 80 bottles of medicine to North Burton to-day, Flue mixture.
Feb 13^th. Land very wet. Lot of rain lately. Flour is 3/- per stone.
March 7^th. Nice day. Land drying nicely. Mr J Edmond & family left to-day for Bridlington. Mr Ford who only came back to Speeton at Martinmas leaves on Monday to go back to Thwing.
March 21^st. Big snow showers, very cold. Wind North. Frost.
30^th. Weather still very cold. Planted a few potatoes.
April 10^th. Good Friday. Raining nearly all day. Have not yet sown any corn. Very few visitors. Mr Blackburn the stationmaster left the village to day.
21^st & 22^nd. Drlling barley. Weather still very cold. There have been heavy losses this lambing time. A small holder at Brid is said to have lost ten ewes & forty lambs. Turnips are very scarce in the district.
24^th. Very heavy rain. The weather has been on the cold side for a long time. Turnips were finished very early but grass & seeds are now plentiful.
June 2. Drilling a few turnips & Swedes, land in fair condition, nice day.
Mr Boynton who has been Mr Watson’s hind for two months only
left to day 8^th. for         .
June 30^th. Started hoeing turnips, nice plants. Land very dry & full of weeds. A concert was given in Mr Watsons granary by a party of 47 girls from Chesterfield who have been spending the week-end in the village.
The proceeds were in aid of the new chapel fund.
July 9^th. Work on the new chapel was started this morning.
Mr Coleman has given the land.
Aug 13^th. Stonelaying ceremony at the new chapel.
18^th. Started harvest, fine day.
Barley light crop owing to dry weather earlier in the Year.