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Regency Estates: Godmersham Court Lodge and Park

By Anne | March 8, 2026 - 8:45 am |March 6, 2026 Regency Estates

Jane Austen fans are probably aware of Godmersham Park, an estate in Kent that was inherited by Edward Knight nee Austen. Its said to be Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Fordyce’s Sermons

By Anne | March 6, 2026 - 7:32 am |March 1, 2026 Regency Culture and Society

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Mentioned in Pride and Prejudice in what I think is a comedically brilliant exchange, Fordyce’s Sermons (properly titled Sermons to Young Women) would have been Continue →

Regency Household: Gate Lodge

By Anne | March 4, 2026 - 7:37 am |February 28, 2026 Regency Household

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The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Continue →

Regency Fashion: Evening and Walking Dress (1826)

By Anne | March 2, 2026 - 7:29 am |February 28, 2026 Regency Fashion

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Plates, descriptions, and fashionable commentary appeared in the March 1826 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. Get your feathers out if you are going to Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Vancouvering and Mending China

By Anne | February 28, 2026 - 7:32 am |February 27, 2026 Regency Household, Regency Pastimes, Regency Reader Questions

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Moniker/Name Amanda Source of Question Just curious Your Question Hi, I’ve been looking at the diaries of a Regency woman, Fanny Chapman that were posted Continue →

Regency Men: Joseph Grimaldi

By Anne | February 26, 2026 - 7:16 am |February 21, 2026 Regency Men

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One of the people I feature in my book Masquerade Balls in Regency Britain as a featured performer was the known harlequinade master, Joseph Grimaldi. Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Nouveau Riche, Aristocrats, Merchants and Marriage

By Anne | February 22, 2026 - 8:11 am |February 21, 2026 Regency Reader Questions

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Moniker/Name Alex Source of Question Research Your Question Who would be considered the “nouveau riche” and how did they try to integrate themselves to the Continue →