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Elizabeth Horsell
Elizabeth Horsell (née Gillett; baptised 27 June 1798 – 12 June 1874) was an English activist and writer. She was known for her work in the temperance movement and vegetarianism, vegetarian advocacy. Horsell authored ''The Penny Domestic Assistant and Guide to Vegetarian Cookery'' (1850), an early veganism, vegan cookbook. Alongside her husband, publisher and reformer William Horsell, she operated a hydropathy, hydropathic infirmary in Ramsgate and contributed to numerous public lectures and reform initiatives. Biography Elizabeth Gillett was born in 1798 in Bromyard, Herefordshire, the daughter of John and Anne Gillett. She was baptised on 27 June 1798. She married William Horsell in Vowchurch on 30 June 1834. From the 1840s, Horsell became active in the temperance movement and was invited to speak at Dr John Lee's Peace and Temperance Festival. Alongside her husband, she also participated in vegetarian meetings in London, giving lectures at venues including the Talfourd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromyard
Bromyard is a town in the parish of Bromyard and Winslow, in Herefordshire, England, in the valley of the River Frome, Herefordshire, River Frome. It is near the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 road, A44 between Leominster and Worcester, England, Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered buildings, including some of the pubs; the parish church is Normans, Norman. For centuries, there was a livestock market in the town. History Bromyard is mentioned in Cuthwulf (bishop of Hereford), Bishop Cuthwulf's charter of c. 840. Cudwulf established a ''monasterium'' at ''Bromgeard'' behind a 'thorny enclosure' with the permission of Beorhtwulf of Mercia, King Behrtwulf, King of the Mercians. Ealdorman Aelfstan, the local magnate, was granted between 500 and 600 acres of land for a ''villa'' beside the River Frome. The settlement in the Plegelgate Hundred was allocated 30 hides for 'the gap [in the forest] where the deer play.' The county court assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
