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Regency Pastimes: Sailing and Rowing Competitions

By Anne | April 28, 2023 - 7:17 am |May 11, 2023 Regency Pastimes

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The Picture of London, for 1803 (1802) The annual Picture of London would tell tales of sailing and rowing competitions on the Thames in the Continue →

Regency (N)ot Spots: Bermondsey Spa

By Anne | March 16, 2019 - 7:32 am |April 9, 2019 Regency Hot Spots

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Around 1770, Thomas Keyse discovered a chalybeate spring in Bermondsey. By 1780, the Vauxhall inspired (but on much smaller scale) Bermondsey Spa Pleasure Gardens was Continue →

Regency Travel: Steam Packets

By Anne | May 26, 2018 - 7:59 am |June 13, 2018 Regency Science and Invention, Regency Travel

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New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue →