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WORLD FAMOUS PARKINSON'S DONCASTER BUTTERSCOTCH

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Parkinson's BUTTERSCOTCH

Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch

Size

150g £3.50 200g £4.25 St Leger Box 200g £5.50

Hi, welcome to the official webpage of Parkinson's, world famous confectioners.  I am glad you have found us.  Since reviving Parkinson's in 2003 we have come a long way.  Today our Butterscotch is made using traditional machinery over 100 years old and by skilled confectioners with centuries of experience between them.  We use the finest ingredients to make our product unique as well as traditional.

If you have any questions about our products, Doncaster or the history of the company then please use the contact button to email me:

Laura Parkinson^*

History

The word butterscotch was first recorded in Doncaster, a Yorkshire city in England, where Samuel Parkinson began making the candy in 1817.  In 1851 Parkinson Butterscotch was given to Queen Victoria on her visit to Doncaster and the St Leger where the Queen opened the St Leger.  Following the Queen's visit Parkinson's Butterscotch had royal approval and was one of Doncaster's attractions until it ceased production in 1977.

In 2003 the recipe was found by the wife of a local businessman and revived.  In 2007, over 150 years after Queen Victoria, the Doncaster Racecourse was completely rebuilt and reopened by the Princess Royal who in keeping with the tradition was presented with Butterscotch supplied by the new Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch Company, based just 600 yards from the old Parkinson Company

Today the company continues to make Butterscotch using traditional methods and machinery.

BUTTERSCOTCH

Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch

Size

150g £3.50 200g £4.25 St Leger Box 200g £5.50

Parkinson's TOFFEE

Currently we do not sell Parkinson's Butterdale Toffee

Parkinson's FUDGE

Available from April

Special boxes:

Ladbrokes St Leger 300g - SOLD OUT

Parkinson's Doncaster Butterscotch Ltd, 70 Crusader, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England DN5 7RX Company No. 06008574