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The Manchester Directories 1772, 1773 & 1781 by Elizabeth Raffald
Suze Appleton
The Manchester Directories 1772, 1773 & 1781 by Elizabeth Raffald
Suze Appleton
In 1772 Manchester was a fast growing town thanks to the rise in industrialisation. Elizabeth Raffald was a busy entrepreneur involving herself in numerous business ventures. She ran a shop, a cookery school, a coaching inn, a servant's employment register, wrote a cookbook and supported the local newspaper financially, wrote a manuscript on midwifery and so much more. She produced her 1769 cookbook, The Experienced English Housekeeper and saw a need for a directory of traders and notable people. Only 3 years after producing her cookbook she had compiled the first ever directory for Manchester, followed by a second a year later as the town grew and addresses were improved. She produced a third directory in 1781. After she died in 1781 it took another 7 years before anyone else attempted another directory. Elizabeth Raffald was truly a pioneer of her time. For more about Elizabeth see 'The Experienced English Housekeeper of Manchester' by Suze Appleton
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 2, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780244017811 |
Publishers | Lulu.com |
Pages | 252 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 508 g |
Language | English |
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