The Girl Whose Horrific Cooking Resulted in Her Early Death

Eliza Fenning innocent or guilty?

Eliza Fenning was a name that would have disappeared into obscurity had it not been for the employment she decided to take in January 1815. Eliza, believed to be in her early 20s, took the position of domestic servant to law stationer Robert Turner.

The job at Chancery Lane would involve a range of tasks, including working in the kitchen and helping to …