John Barker & William Crabtree

John Barker – Lower Ashes – Stansfield – farmer.

Age 67 Always lived in Stansfield.

He grew no potatoes except two loads a year.
A few turnips in the garden.
No seeds or eggs.
I have all along sold milk both new and old
I have kept cows sometimes five, six or seven.
Now and then I brought up a calf – I always had a garden but did not sell produce.
I had no pigs, geese, foals or bees.
Only one plough at a time.

William Crabtree – upper East Lee in Stansfield
Age 72 – weaver – born in Stansfield and lived all his time in it.
Never grew potatoes except for my own use, nor turnips. No seeds or eggs except for own use. I sold milk (old)
Kept cows two-four for milking
Sometimes a calf to grow up
Had a garden but made nothing of the produce
No pigs, geese or foals
I have had hives of bees.
I never had a plough.
I am the oldest farmer in Stansfield