Lomas Family Recipe Book, early 19th century

Recipe book of the Lomas family, of Bollington, Cheshire, containing cookery and wine-making recipes, and some household and medical receipts At the rear of the volume are various menus and settings for dinners held in 1805-06 (ff. 74v. -86r. passim). On f. 91v. and inside the back cover is a list of birth and marriage dates (1774-1802) for the Lomas family.

c. 1805-1807

91 ff. numerous blanks. Original pagination 1-4, 7-14, 17-81, 81-126 and unnumbered. 1 vol., 186 x 125 mm., Quarter-calf binding.

Marks of ownership: `Eliza [later altered to `Mary'] Lomas Bollington May 1807' (f. 1r.); `Mary Lomas Bollington' (f. 1r.); `Receipt Book Phebe Lomas' inscribed on back cover.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/222.