Includes 1 sheet of photographs; 1 sheet of typscript notes; 1 notebook belonging to Martha Ann Whitfield, containing recipes used in the bakery; 2 notebooks belonging to Harriet Heggs (ne Barker); and 2 printed items
Notebooks and other material relating to the Whitfield family bakery, of Idle, near Bradford
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1651
- Dates of Creation
- 1883-2000
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 7 items (photographs, typescript, manuscript, printed)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Martha Ann Whitfield (1865-1924), known as Marthann, and Anne Whitfield, afterwards Hook (1886-1981), were the daughters of Emma and Joseph Bateson Whitfield of Brackendale, Thackley. There were two brothers, Alfred and Joshua, and another sister, Ada, who married Fred Barker. Marthann and Annie bought the bakery in Town Lane in about 1920 and eventually sold the business to their nephew, Frank Whitfield, son of Joshua. Marthann died of influenza in 1924, while Annie, who in 1928, at the age of 42, had married William Hardaker Hook, remained in Idle until her death in 1981, aged 95
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Dr Eileen White, on behalf of the family of Mary Heggs, September 2001
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Contents listed in handlist 127