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recipes179
cooking97
home economics68
cooking, english67
formulas, recipes, etc22
medicine18
medicine, popular9
brewing8
women6
carving (meat, etc.)6

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Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)11
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)8
Salmon, William (1644-1713)5
Smith, E (1732)5
Harrison, Sarah (1777-)5
Radcliffe, M4
Dudley, Georgiana Elizabeth Ward Countess of4
Davis Gelatine (Australia) Limited4
Eaton, Mary3
Macdonald, Duncan (1800-)3

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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809
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Recipe book compiled by various hands from various sources, 1778-1809

1778-1809

Private sources of recipes include many in the Knaresborough area; published sources include several Yorkshire newspapers

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A commonplace book once in the possession of the Farside family

Farside Family

c.1785-1809

Contains (1) transcripts of legal documents originally dated 1764-1771, and (2) miscellaneous veterinary, medical and household recipes, mainly of Yorkshire origin, ca.1785-1809.

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Whitfield family bakery, of Idle, near Bradford, notebooks and related material

Whitfield, Martha Ann (1865-1924)

c.1883-2000

Includes 1 sheet of photographs; 1 sheet of typscript notes; 1 notebook belonging to Martha Ann Whitfield, containing recipes used in the bakery; 2 notebooks belonging to Harriet Heggs (née Barker); ...

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A cookery book mainly compiled by Mary Wyld

Wyld, Mary

c.1797

Cookery book, with the sources of some of the recipes noted

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Various culinary receipts compiled by Dorothy Darby
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Various culinary receipts compiled by Dorothy Darby

Darby, Dorothy

c.1800

Watermark, 'R. Glover 1798', ff. 1 and 2. Inscriptions: front paste-down, 'Dorothy Darby's Cyphering Book'; back paste-down, 'Dorothy Darby, Hadley Green, near Barnet, Middlesex'. Folios bearing her '...

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Recipe book compiled by Isabella Fenwick
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Recipe book compiled by Isabella Fenwick

Fenwick, Isabella (1699-1745)

c.1716

Inscription on f.36v, 'Isabella Fenwicks Booke May the 29 1716'. Conjugate leaf to f.3 missing. Inserted in pocket at end modern correspondence and notes about the item (1952-3), 5 ff.

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Recipe book, compiled by Edward Dalton
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Recipe book, compiled by Edward Dalton

Dalton, Edward

c.1750

A collection of 148 recipes, together with lists of the order of dishes and an index

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

c.1837-1857

A collection of recipes (pp.7-71), and extracts from the Bible (pp.262-76)

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Recipe Book
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Recipe Book

1771-1789

Anonymous notebook containing recipes, costings amd memoranda concerning wines, spirits, cordials and liqueurs, also a few medicinal recipes.

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Recipe book, compiled by Mrs R.A. Aldred
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Recipe book, compiled by Mrs R.A. Aldred

Aldred, R A

c.1900

A collection of cookery recipes

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