| Description | Subjects covered:
(Page 1) Holbrook: Chesterfield Road, poor condition – Bradshawe family;
(Page 2) their house. Coxbench Hall – Dr John, infidel;
(Page 3) Sister Charlotte – her nursery memories – lessons – workmen’s songs;
(Page 4) women brought wax bambino every Christmas – relic of Popery. Old Mathy – recited “Jimmy in the Highlands, & Jenny in the lowlands they were going to be married” ;
(Page 5) Tyrannical servants. Grandfather, maiden aunts ; - their servant, Nanny Barker;
(Page 6) Duffield: Aunt Bonell – “Duffield House” sisters and their marriages;
(Page 7) Miss Stubb’s school at Wirksworth. Whooping Cough;
(Page 8) Meals – housekeeping;
(Page 9) Governess (Miss Cook). Move to Barton Blount. Parish Church;
(Pages 10, 11) The House. Clothing – daily routine – education;
(Page 12) Dancing lessons – religion education;
(Page 13) Farmer Holland and wife Rachel Rolleston. Other tenants: Wall, Wragg, Webb;
(Page 14) Grandmother, Lady Wilmot. Her imprisonment in French Revolution;
(Page 15) Holbrook: uncle who was Parish Chaplain;
(Page 16) Duffield: the misses Edwards’ school;
(Pages 17, 18) Doncaster: Miss Murphy’s school. Schoolfellows. Doncaster races. New Uniform. York Theatrical Co ; (Page 20) Coming out. Limited social life; (Page 21) Visit to Ashbourne. Mrs Chandos Pole – dances;
(Page 22) Derby Balls – Duke of Devonshire;
(Pages 24, 25) Wintering in Dawlish, Devon – carriage journey – ;
(Page 26) baggage. Dawlish. Charlottes’ marriage to ;
(Pages 27, 28) Robert Sitwell. Cokes of Longford;
(Pages 28, 29) Charts at Barton – fact, servants’ revels;
(Page 30) 1832 move to little Barton – Elizabeth’s marriage; Mrs Coke; |