Domestic Bygones

Jacqueline Fearn taught history and wrote for the county magazine 'Bucks Life' before joining Shire Publications as commissioning Editor. Her interest in domestic bygones began when she moved into a thatched seventeenth-century house with a deep ingle fireplace, which she furnished with appropriate equipment and utensils. She has lectured on bygones and appeared on television explaining how some of them were used.

• Introduction; The hearth; Cooking at the fire; Preparing food; Eating and drinking; Lighting; Washing; Further reading; Places to visit