1736 can't make the sentence out

[morris.merryweather]

Struggling to make sense of what this is saying...
I can see 'book was with' and 'next the parck [park]'
Any ideas?
Thanks.

[Girl Guide]

My stab at what I think it may be:-

1736 the (four or foll short for following?) land(ies?) in (possibly a place)
nearest? the book was with
And (four or foll short for following?)(pound?)at (looks like goneraft - could this be a place?)
next the parck.

Have you any idea of the place where this could have been written?  You don't mention any names of either people or places nor where this snippet came from.

[arthurk]

I'd suggest:

1736 the ten landes in stakens/stockens
necext the book [= brook?] was with wotes/wetes
And ten Roud [=roods?] at goncraft
next the parck

Not sure about the exact letters of 'necext' but it's presumably 'next'.

[ajm314159]

Can we see more of this document?

Where was it written?

I wonder if the writer was not English, but Dutch.

[morris.merryweather]

Writer was English, likely Staffordshire area. This is the only text written in this hand - all other text is in a very different hand.
It could be an extract from the Bible or a well known song from the time, with poor spelling...

[arthurk]

It could be helpful to know what the rest of the writing is about. Meanwhile, I'm sure this isn't anything from the Bible - in view of terms like 'landes' and 'roud' it reads like a record of planting or other use of farm land.

Staken - staked out? or Stocken - with (live)stock on it? In either case, the -en ending is probably the writer's version of -ing.
What I am more sure of is that wotes is an old dialect variant of oats.

I've been chasing these terms in Joseph Wright's Dialect Dictionary. All volumes can be found at http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j6q/ - well worth exploring.

[JenB]

in view of terms like 'landes' and 'roud' it reads like a record of planting or other use of farm land.

Staken - staked out? or Stocken - with (live)stock on it? In either case, the -en ending is probably the writer's version of -ing.
What I am more sure of is that wotes is an old dialect variant of oats.

I agree with what Arthur has said.

Does it have any relationship to your 'agricultural terms' posting here?
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=868286.msg7389925#msg7389925

[Hephzibah]

my contribution for what it's worth!
I think it's written in a local accent

The fou(r) landes in stocken
necext the leook/ ?lake was with wot?s
And fou(r)rows at goncraft
next the parck

[ajm314159]

And "goncraft" must be gun-craft: hunting or pigeon shooting or the like?