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| Grasmere Gingerbread, Grasmere | ||
| Grasmere Gingerbread | ||
| Sarah Nelson's | ||
| Church Cottage | ||
| Street:- | Church Stile | |
| locality:- | Grasmere | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gingerbread shop | |
| locality type:- | shop | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY33740744 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3307 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| notes:- |
Sarah Nelson was cook for Lady Farquhar in Grasmere. She perfected her gingerbread
recipe in the winter of 1854, and started selling it outside her home, Church Cottgage. |
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| The cottage was her home, bakehouse, and shop. It was previously a school |
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| person:- | : Nelson, Sarah |
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| item:- | gingerbread |
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