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Victorian Manuscript cookbooks?
« on: Monday 19 February 18 15:14 GMT (UK) »
How common are these? I just found one at a car boot, owned/written by the lady of a biggish (5 servants) house, dated around 1860.

Is this mega rare, and deserves to be in a museum, rare-ish, or dirt common?

I'm trying to decide what to do with it. My options are currently

* donate to museum (if rare)
* from on eBay (if fairly rare)
* keep (if common)

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Re: Victorian Manuscript cookbooks?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 February 18 16:45 GMT (UK) »
I have seen them in records offices often donated by the 'big house', also seen them in Manor homes now many now open to the public. My great aunt was a cook all her life and I remember seeing her recipe book which was always out in her kitchen when I was a child...no idea where that went but I would have loved to have it. My mother has my grandmothers and maybe one day I will own it..... but I have never seen one for sale.

What a treasure to find at a car boot sale!
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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Re: Victorian Manuscript cookbooks?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 19 February 18 17:23 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: iluleah on Monday 19 February 18 16:45 GMT (UK)
What a treasure to find at a car boot sale!
50p ;D

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Re: Victorian Manuscript cookbooks?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 19 February 18 17:54 GMT (UK) »
50p..........no!...you are soooooooooooooooo lucky  ;D
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend
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