October 14
Posted by sydney on Oct 14th, 2007
- 1790: October 14, 1790 – Gathered in more dearlings: the fruit is small, but the crop on that single tree amounts to nine bushels, & upwards.
- 1788: October 14, 1788 – Women & children go a-acorning, & sell their acorns at one shilling pr bushel.
- 1786: October 14, 1786 – Men sow wheat in good order at Temple & Wick-hill. The hop-planters of this parish returned from Wey-hill fair with chearful faces, & full purses; having sold a large crop of hops for a good rice. The hops of Kent were blown away by the storms, after the crop of this country was gathered in.
- 1785: October 14, 1785 – Grey & mild.
- 1784: October 14, 1784 – Finished gathering-in the apples. Apples are in such plenty, that they are sold for 8d per bushel.
- 1783: October 14, 1783 – The potatoes in the meadow small, & the ground very stiff. Low creeping frogs.
- 1782: October 14, 1782 – Sister Barker & her two daughters left Selborne.
- 1781: October 14, 1781 – The greens of turnips wither, & look rusty. The distress in these parts for want of water is very uncommon. The well at the Grange-farm is dry; & so are many in the villages round: & even the well at Old-place in the parish of E. Tisted, tho’ 270 feet, or 45 fathoms deep, will not afford water for a brewing. All the while the little pond on Selborne down still has some water, th’ it is very low; & the little pond just over the hedge in Newton great farm abates but little. The ponds in the vales are now dry a third time, Most of the wells in Selborne-street are empty; & mine has only three feet of water. The people at Medsted, Bentworth, & those upland parts are in great want. Well-head sends-out a considerable stream still, not apparently abated since we measured it last. The last wet month was Decmr 1779, during which fell 6 inch. 28 hund. of rain: since which the quantity of water has been very little.
- 1780: October 14, 1780 – On these two days many house-martins were feeding & flying along the hanger as usual, ’til a quarter past five in the afternoon, when they all scudded away in great haste to the S.E. and darted down among the low beechen oaken shrubs above the cottages at the end of the hill. After making this observation I waited ’til it was quite dusk, but saw them no more; & returned home well pleased with this incident, hoping that at this late season it might lead to some useful discover, & point out their winter retreat. since that, I have only seen two on Oct. 22 in the morning. These circumstances put together make it look very suspicious that this late flock at least will not withdraw into warmer climes, but that they will lie dormant within 300 yards of the village.
- 1778: October 14, 1778 – The hanger & my hedges are faintly tinged with a variety of shades & colours. Ravens play over the hanger.
- 1777: October 14, 1777 – Vast shower.
- 1775: October 14, 1775 – Many people sow wheat: the ground works well.
- 1773: October 14, 1773 – Hay sold at Weyhill fair much cheaper than people expected: from £6-10-0 to £7-10-0.
- 1771: October 14, 1771 – Some swallows. Grapes large & black, but not high-flavoured yet. Several martins.
- 1768: October 14, 1768 – Meadows flooded.
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