when was the turkey introduced in the UK and as a replacement Xmas dinner in place of the goose?

Answer 1

Edward VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509) made turkey eating fashionable at Christmas.


In England, 200 years ago, turkeys were walked to market in herds. They wore booties to protect their feet. Turkeys were also walked to market in the United States.

Answer 2

I don't know that much about this subject, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the turkey was making significant headway replacing the goose on English tables by the early 20th Century. So the goose was probably introduced to England in the 19th century, probably around mid-century but I could be wrong.

Answer 3

Present giving and the eating of turkey at Christmas dinner became popular in Tudor times. Henry VIII had turkey one Christmas. The turkey had been imported from America by the Spaniards. Being exotic and expensive turkey became popular with the upper classes.
The revival of Christmas coincided with A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in 1843.
Mrs Beeton describes 'Christmas dinner with the middle classes of this empire'. She conjures up a cosy image of a father at the dinner table 'carving his own fat turkey'.
By the end of the 19th century most people feasted on turkey for their Christmas dinner. The great journey to London started for the turkey sometime in October. Feet clad in fashionable but hard-wearing leather the unsuspecting birds would have set out on the 80-mile hike from the Norfolk farms.