North East Wales Archives (Hawarden)

We collect historical records relating to North East Wales, and preserve them for future generations. We hold a wide range of original records, including registers of baptisms, burials and marriages, newspapers, photographs, maps, court records, deeds, trade directories and more. Our records date from the twelfth to the twenty-first century.

North East Wales Archives (Hawarden), The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Hawarden CH5 3NR
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Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 09.30 – 16.30

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  1. Recipe Book belonging to ‘John Dawson the younger’

    This pocket-sized ‘recipe’ book was handwritten by John Dawson, a farmer from Gronant, Flintshire, around the 1800s. At a time when there were no vets, farmers relied on tried and tested folk methods to cure their livestock, which were passed on to friends and neighbours. The book contains advice on treating animal illnesses, with interesting ‘cures’. To cure cattle of ‘red water’, it suggests: ‘give the Beast one Pint of Gin’. There are also remedies to rid crops of diseases such as ‘Smut in Wheat’ and hints to drive away destructive slugs!

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