Recipe Book compiled by the Colyer and Knight families
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.1995.0006
Date
1770-1865
Extent and medium
1 volume
Administrative / Biographical History
Compiled over many years from many sources (many credited) between at least 1839 and 1865. Many references to [Great] grandmother Knight's old book' [Elizabeth Knight, died 3/7/1775 aged 57, wife of Charles Colyer of Framingham].
Scope and content
Recipe book compiled by the Colyer and Knight families. The last entry appears to be a note of an article on 'Old wives' cures' from the Daily Mail, 13/9/1916 on the back of an old envelope. Also contains correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Not permitted
Language
English