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Illustration by Sybil Tawse for Cranford (1914)

Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, Cranford, serialised in 1851–53, is set in a fictionalised version of Knutsford, where Gaskell grew up. Gaskell describes many Cheshire customs in her works.

Credit: Sybil Tawse (1914)