Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on June 01, 2006 at 21:11:22 from 80.3.128.6 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Was Beckfoot a cold place in which to live? posted by Owen Roberts on June 01, 2006 at 11:35:16:
Obviously the kitchen range would be lit all day but this would seem to indicate that Beckfoot was cold.
It doesn't indicate anything of the sort. The range would be used for cooking, as in many Lake District farms to this day. And for that matter in posher houses like Beckfoot, except that today it would be an Aga.