Journal entry – John Grey – 31 Oct 1833

Thursday 31st October 1833



After dispatching certain matters in the Office and consulting with Mr Parkin as to the Trees necessary for planting the Ground left vacant by the falls of Wood in Dipton Plantation & other places this season, I took a long ride over the Estates of Whittonstall & Newlands, examining all the works finished or in progress, which may be brought to account at the ensuing Rent day.  The Tenants in that District, who as a body, are in my opinion, of the most respectable & deserving of any upon the Hospitals Estates, beg me to present a request to the Commissioners, that owing to the high situation of their farms, the expense of obtaining manure & the hard times they have to contend with, the Commissioners would be pleased to make them an allowance for the purchase of lime, which they would lead at their own Cost.  This would certainly be a judicious & beneficial mode of making an abatement, because it would be expended in improving the land, & no tenant would benefit by it who was not inclined to give his farm the advantage of it.