TWENTY Manchester women are on a shortlist to be immortalised as city centre statue - and the former housekeeper at Arley Hall near Northwich, Elizabeth Raffald, is one of them.
She was the author of 'The Experienced English Housekeeper', which was one of the first cookbooks and a big hit when it was published in the 1700s.
Visitors are able to sample the culinary delights of Elizabeth Raffald – the Delia Smith of her time – in Arley’s Tudor Barn Restaurant this summer.
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