Feeding the Victorian city: the food supply of Manchester, 1770 - 1870
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| adam_text | Titel: Feeding the Victorian city
Autor: Scola, Roger
Jahr: 1992
Contents
List of illustrations viii
List of maps x
List of figures xi
List of tables xii
Abbreviations xv
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgements xx
I Introduction: Background, scope and sources 1
II Manchester and its environs, 1770?1870 15
i The population growth of Manchester and Salford 16
ii Economy and employment patterns 20
iii Government and politics 23
iv Social classes and spatial segregation 30
v Feeding the multitude 34
III Meat 38
i Local supplies 38
ii Mainland sources of supply and overland droving 43
iii Overseas sources of supply 45
iv The role of railways 51
v Long-term changes in meat availability:
the quantitative evidence 57
vi Price data and their social implications, 1822?70 65
IV Dairy products 71
i Milk 71
ii Butter 79
Contents
iii Cheese 86
V Vegetables and fruit 93
i Local supplies of vegetables 93
ii The role of waterways 98
iii The role of railways 105
iv Vegetable price data and their social implications,
1827-70 113
v Fruit availability 120
VI Fish 126
i The supply of fish in the pre-railway era 126
ii Railways and the fishing industry 130
iii Price data and their social implications, 1850-70 142
VII Market provision, 1770-1870 150
i Markets in the manorial era 150
ii Markets under municipal control 161
iii Conclusions: the successes and failures of the markets
committees 174
VIII Fresh food marketing 179
i The meat trade 179
ii The fruit and vegetable trade 190
iii The fish trade 195
IX The distribution of groceries, provisions and bread 202
i The minor role of the markets 202
ii The growth of shopkeeping in non-perishable
foodstuffs 204
iii The extent of specialisation in the non-perishable
food trades 206
iv The scale of businesses 209
v The wholesale function in the grocery and provision
trades 212
vi The case of the bakers 221
vii The role of consumer credit 225
X Markets, shops and itinerant traders: an overview 231
i The locational behaviour of retailers with special
reference to c. 8,000 traders in 1811,1850 and
1871 234
ii The role of itinerant traders 246
XI Conclusions 254
i Sources of supply, food markets and food shops 254
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ii Rising consumption standards 259
iii The quality of food 266
iv The effects of short-term fluctuations on diets
and nutritional standards 271
v Patterns of health and mortality 277
Appendices 284
A Tonnages carried on the Bridgewater Canal 284
B Explanation and description of retail areas and zones 287
C Classification of business addresses 297
D Selected local location quotients in 1850 and 1871 299
Bibliography 301
Index 327
Illustrations
Plates
1 Manchester from Kersal Moor, c. 1840 frontispiece
between pages 54 and 55
2 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831: by courtesy of
Manchester Public Libraries, Local History Library
3 The Bridgewater Canal passing over the River Irwell at the
Barton Aqueduct, 1794: from J. Aikin, A Description of the
Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester,
London, 1795
between pages 156 and 157
4 The Market Place, Manchester, 1823: by courtesy of Chris
Makepeace
5 Smithy Door, looking to Cateaton Street, 1825: by courtesy of
Chris Makepeace
6 Market Street, Manchester, c. 1825: by courtesy of Manchester
Public Libraries, Local History Library
7 The old Victoria Fish Market, 1860: by courtesy of Manchester
Public Libraries, Local History Library
8 Smithfield Market, Manchester, 1854: by courtesy of Man-
chester Public Libraries, Local History Library
9 Broadside announcing the opening of Salford Town Hall
Market, 1827: by courtesy of Manchester Public Libraries,
Local History Library
between pages 220 and 221
10 Irish butter on sale at Mr Hyde s shop in Market Street, 1823: by
I itHJK i* i » vy r
courtesy of Chris Makepeace
11 Facsimile reproduction of a page of Slater s Directory of Man-
chester, Liverpool and the Principal Manufacturing Towns in
Lancashire, 1861: by courtesy of Manchester Public Libraries,
Local History Library
12 Trade token issued in 1793 by John Fielding, grocer, of 27, Withy
Grove, Manchester
13 A page of James Bentley s customers credit ledger, 1798,
showing Samuel Hughes s unpaid account: by courtesy of
Manchester Public Libraries, Archives Department
Line illustrations
page
Lancashire hog: from J. Holt, General View of the
Agriculture of the County of Lancaster, London, 1795 40
Lancashire cow: from J. Holt, General View of the
Agriculture of the County of Lancaster, London, 1795 42
Equipment used in the traditional making of Cheshire
cheese: from the Journal of the Royal Agricultural
Society of England, 1st ser., VI, 1845 88
Maps
1 Manchester, Salford and their environs 33
2 Railways of the region 53
3 Canals of the region 99
4 The markets of Manchester and Salford, c. 1770-c. 1870 153
5 The central markets district of Manchester 155
Figures
3.1 Indices of the number of cattle, sheep and lambs on sale
at Manchester markets, 1822-70 59
3.2 Indices of cattle and sheep prices in Manchester,
1822-70 67
3.3 Seasonal variations in cattle and sheep prices in Man-
chester, 1823-27 and 1861-65 69
4.1 Fresh and salted butter prices in Manchester, 1850-70 86
4.2 Indices of fresh and salted butter prices in Manchester,
1850-70 87
5.1 Indices of potato, carrot, onion and turnip prices in
Manchester, 1827-70 115
5.2 Seasonal availability of onions, turnips and carrots in
Manchester, 1827-70 119
5.3 Seasonal variations in potato, carrot, onion and turnip
prices in Manchester, 1828-32 and 1865-69 120
6.1 Indices of cod, plaice and mackerel prices in Man-
chester, 1850-70 145
6.2 Seasonal variations in cod and plaice prices in Man-
chester, 1852-56 and 1865-69, and in mackerel
prices in Manchester, 1865-69 148
10.1 Retail areas and zones in Manchester and Salford, c.
1800-c. 1870 239
Tables
2.1 Population growth of Manchester and Salford,
1773-1871 19
2.2 Industrial classification of occupations, Manchester
and Salford, 1871 25
3.1 Imports of livestock from Ireland into Liverpool,
1829-52 47
3.2 Foreign sheep as a percentage of total at Salford
market, 1860-64 50
3.3 Foreign cattle as a percentage of total at Salford
market, 1860-64 50
4.1 Number of cowkeepers and milk sellers in Man-
chester and Salford, 1772-1811 72
4.2 Imports of butter from Ireland into Liverpool,
1824-50 82
5.1 Tonnages of market goods sent to Manchester from
selected stations on the Bridgewater Canal,
1770-86 101
5.2 Tonnages of goods sent from selected stations on the
Bridgewater Canal and the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation in 1849 and 1850 104
5.3 Tonnages of goods sent from selected stations on the
Bridgewater Canal and the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation in 1855 and 1860 111
6.1 Quantities of fish forwarded by railway from selected
fishing ports, 1852-81 139
6.2 Quantities of fish carried by selected railways,
1856-81 140
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8.1 Estimates of the number of butchers retail outlets in
Manchester and Salford, 1772-1871 180
8.2 Best estimates of the number of butchers retail outlets
in Manchester and Salford, 1772-1871 181
8.3 Number of butchers per outlet in Manchester and
Salford, 1841-71 182
8.4 Average weekly takings of certain Salford traders in
1839 and 1841 183
8.5 Profit margins of co-operative butchery departments
for selected years in the early 1870s 188
8.6 Survival rates of butchers, 1772-1871 189
8.7 Number of multiple outlets operated by butchers,
1840-71 189
8.8 Number of greengrocers and fruiterers retail outlets
in Manchester and Salford, 1772-1871 190
8.9 Wholesale greengrocers, fruiterers and potato
merchants in Manchester and Salford, 1840-71 193
8.10 Number of fishmongers retail outlets in Manchester
and Salford, 1788-1871 197
8.11 Number of fish wholesalers in Manchester and
Salford in 1861 and 1871 198
8.12 Number of fishmongers per outlet in Manchester and
Salford, 1841-71 200
9.1 Number of retail outlets of non-perishable foodstuffs
in Manchester and Salford, 1772-1871 206
9.2 Number of shopkeepers, grocers and tea dealers per
outlet in Manchester and Salford, 1841-71 210
9.3 Average weekly sales of James Bentley, 1799-1807 211
9.4 Average weekly sales (groceries and provisions) per
outlet of co-operative societies, 185 9?70 213
9.5 Number of wholesalers in grocery trade, 1772-1871 215
9.6 Number of wholesalers in provision trade,
1772-1871 217
9.7 Wholesale sources of main items of stock bought by
James Bentley, 1799-1802 219
9.8 James Bentley s cash and credit payments for
wholesale purchases in 1799 and 1802 220
9.9 Number of multiple outlets operated by bakers,
1772-1871 223
9.10 Analysis of money owed to debtor retailers in
Tables
Manchester and Salford, 1765-1812 227
9.11 Survival rates of grocers, bakers and shopkeepers,
1772-1871 229
10.1 Analysis of money owed to debtor butchers in Man-
chester, 1776-1812 233
10.2 Proportion of food retailers within built-up limits of
Manchester and Salford, 1811-71 240
10.3 Location of fixed outlets in Manchester and Salford,
1811-71 241
10.4 Number and percentage of areas with extreme values
of local location quotient, 1811-71 243
10.5 Number of cases of hawking in Salford, 1848-62 248
10.6 Number of hawkers etc. in Manchester and Salford,
1841-71 249
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