The Journals of Matthew Tomlinson of Doghouse Farm Lupset What were the thoughts that went through a Lupset farmer’s mind 200 years ago? Was he worried about his family? Did he care about his workers?…
The Journal of Matthew Tomlinson of Doghouse Farm Lupset. 19th November 1809 Hoary Winter is again come upon us, with congealing frost, and fleecy snows; I have not accomplished my seed time, and at…
Last year there was publicity in the newspapers and on BBC television about Eamonn O”Keeffe’s research into Lupset farmer Matthew Tomlinson’s attitude to homosexuality, expressed on 14th January 1810 in the first extant volume of…
Influenza in the early 19th Century Excerpts from Matthew Tomlinson’s Diaries. He lived at Doghouse Farm near Lupset. Wakefield Local Studies Library hold three of his detailed and interesting diaries. Spelling and punctuation as in…