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?…
Several Wakefield Historical Society members enjoyed an excellent talk: ‘A Lupset Farmer: Matthew Tomlinson’ at Horbury and District Historical Society on Wednesday 1st October. David Scriven who gave the talk is the editor of a…
Comments by Matthew Tomlinson of Doghouse Farm about the 5th November, recorded in his Journals (originals held in Wakefield Local Studies Library). The journals have been transcribed and will soon be published by Wakefield Historical…
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…
As a farmer, he always shows great concern for his fields and his animals, and despite all his experience some years bring misfortunes. (yean is an old word meaning to give birth) April 2nd 1809…
Lupset Hall Wakefield Civic Society has alerted us to a planning application to turn Lupset Hall into residential apartments: https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=QNLOLTQQLH000 Amongst the 41 documents is a Heritage Impact Assessment which provides a history of the…
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…
Matthew Tomlinson’s New Year in 1834 From Matthew Tomlinson’s Diary, transcribed with original spelling. He lived at Doghouse Farm, Lupset and was 69 years old. Three volumes of his diary are held by the…
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…