Everyday Meals in Regency London

Part I, The Household

Authors

  • Peter Brears Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27982

Keywords:

Diary of William Feltuss, 19th-century, urban working class, Meals, diet, social history, Household Accounts, Feltuss family, London, Kitchen, domestic cooking, gadgets and utensils, ovens/appliances, storage, gardening, livestock, poultry, tableware, shopping, prices

Abstract

The first of three articles detailing the eating habits of a Victorian working class household, drawn from the more than 9000 meals recorded in the diary of William Feltuss, a Yarmouth man born on 1 March 1762, who had served the East India Company in India, then returned to England and set up home in Newington, the London suburb a mile south-west of London Bridge, where he lived from 1809 through into the 1830s.

Author Biography

  • Peter Brears, Independent Scholar

    Peter Brears is familiar to Prospect Books readers from his books on jellies, medieval cookery and Yorkshire food. His Cooking and Dining in Tudor and Early Stuart England appeared in 2015.

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Published

2018-02-01

Issue

PPC 110 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Brears, Peter. 2018. “Everyday Meals in Regency London: Part I, The Household”. Petits Propos Culinaires, February, 28-49. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27982.