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None of those recipes look very good... is it because our culinary styles and culture have evolved over time (intermingling from different cultures) or because old English recipes were just... not good?
Both, though weighted toward the former. The more multicultural and privileged a society becomes, the more good food rises to the top and replaces bad recipes. For example, all those despicable gelatin salad foods that rose out of the rationing of WW2 and have long since gone from this world.
The time frame makes the funnies/horrors of "Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise" song make sense. Calories, such as they were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tWuG2oPL3o

The Townsend YouTube channel has a large number of episodes in their 18th century cooking series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vwTRvd1XHZBLCHh....

While it's from an earlier time period, it really shows that people back then still cooked a wide range of dishes that would still be recognized and pretty palatable even today.

Though Townsend has some good content, now I think 'Tasting History with Max Miller' is better, his videos are longer and seems to cover a longer historical period and larger geographical scope.
There are only two recipes (trifle, white soup) listed, both of which are perfectly recognisable today?

[Edit: I am English though, YMMV!]

It is difficult to give an answer to such a question that is ultimately about opinion and personal taste.
It's not that subjective, when you consider the relatively profligate abundance we are presented with in modern times. Royalty and the super wealthy from more than 7 decades ago would be astonished at the vast variety and quality of food available to us... it's an excellent meditation on gratitude to make yourself consider how fortunate you are if you have access to a grocery store, let alone higher quality farmers markets, restaurants, and now online delivery.

I have to imagine Malthus would have wept in joy if he'd seen how things have turned out.

The costs of modern food distribution and market ethics are terrible, as well, but gratitude is a good starting point.

Weren't ingredients taster in the past?