Regency Reader

Regency Economy: Cheesemongers

By Anne | December 30, 2023 - 7:11 am |January 13, 2024 Regency Economy

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The Complete Book of Trades, Or the Parents’ Guide and Youths’ Instructor (1837) Fascinating insight into one of the trades of the Regency. For other Continue →

Regency Tips: Hints for Lamplighters

By Anne | December 28, 2023 - 7:57 am |January 11, 2024 Regency Tips

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This tip comes from The Family Receipt Book (1819). While I am a little baffled at this hint in a family recipe book, it nonetheless Continue →

Regency Words: Robbed

By Anne | December 22, 2023 - 7:32 am |January 4, 2024 Regency Words

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plate of children snatching a regency era ladies purse

A reader was looking for some Regency slang meaning robbed: Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1823) The above are two examples you will Continue →

Regency Fashion: The Eccentric

By Anne | December 20, 2023 - 8:20 am |January 4, 2024 Regency Fashion

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Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819) This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats: Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat Continue →