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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.
The cottage was her home, bakehouse, and shop. It was previously a school

person:-    : Nelson, Sarah
date:-  
item:-   gingerbread

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