| The Manchester Directories 1772, 1773 & 1781 by Elizabeth Raffald Contributor(s): Appleton, Suze (Author) |
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ISBN: 0244017816 ISBN-13: 9780244017811 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $22.13 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 252 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
