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Adulteration in wine and social life in eighteenth century England
A fragment from The Church of England Magazine surveys wine adulteration with turpentine, lead, and other poisons, noting vast home production versus imports and the dangers to consumers. It shifts to a Victorian social sketch of court life, bishop friends, and the clergy’s marriages, reflecting class norms and patronage. It ends with a statistical look at railway finance, canal and road development, and rapid railway expansion from 1830 to 1848.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Paris
Halle Aux Vins
Seine
Church of England Magazine
Grorces
Sconp
Bisuor Heap- Ley
Suffolk
Lady Deloraine
Lord Hervey
Bishop Hoadley
Winchester
Bangor
Hereford
Salisbury
Kingdom of Christ
Christ
Charles II
Clarendon
Elizabeth
George II
Macaulay
England
United Kingdom
Wales
Liverpool and
Manchester