Avis Crocombe

Avis Crocombe
Possible image of Avis Crocombe and husband Benjamin Stride, 1886
Bornc. 1839
Martinhoe, Devon, England
Died1927 (aged 88)[1]
Marylebone, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationCook
Known forHead cook at Audley End House
Spouse
Benjamin Stride
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(m. 1884)​
"Audley End" from Morris's Country Seats (1880)

Avis Crocombe (c. 1839–1927) was an English domestic servant who was the head cook during the 1880s at Audley End House, a 17th-century country house near Saffron Walden in England. She found fame nearly a century after her death due to being portrayed in a series of YouTube videos made by English Heritage, who now manage the site. These include a small selection from her own manuscript cookery book. Crocombe and other individuals from the 1880s are the focus of a long-running live interpretation project at Audley End, which started in 2008 and is still ongoing as of 2024.[2]

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).