Ordinary London Meals in the Eighteenth Century

Authors

  • Malcolm Thick Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28128

Keywords:

historiography, Old Bailey, 18th century, urban working class, research methods, social history, criminal trials, recorded speech, lower middle class, meals, mealtimes, tea time, dishes, diet, eating houses, public house, meal evolution, alcohol consumptioin

Abstract

This study of meals eaten by ordinary Londoners in the eighteenth century draws heavily on the records of the Old Bailey – a criminal court trying offenses committed in London and the county of Middlesex, a jurisdiction covering London and many of its suburbs. 

Author Biography

  • Malcolm Thick, Independent Scholar

    Malcolm Thick is the biographer of Sir Hugh Plat (Prospect) and an agricultural historian specializing in market gardening and vegetables. He has written extensively in this journal and elsewhere, notably in the Agrarian History of England and Wales.

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Published

2016-09-01

Issue

PPC 106 (2016)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Thick, Malcolm. 2016. “Ordinary London Meals in the Eighteenth Century”. Petits Propos Culinaires, September, 13-34. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28128.