Regency Destinations: Vauxhall Gardens, Birmingham

Just outside Birmingham, England in Duddeston was Duddeston Hall.   Around the mid 18th century, advertisements began cropping up for various entertainments at Duddeston Hall, including Continue

Regency Destinations: Orkney Islands by Steamboat

Anderson, J. (1837). Anderson’s tourist’s guide through Scotland. United Kingdom: John Anderson, jun.. The maiden voyage of a steam vessel to the Orkney Islands was in August 1826. This archipelago Continue

Regency Destinations: Mr. Hutton’s Museum in Keswick

The Tourist’s New Guide Containing a Description of the Lakes, Mountains, and Scenery, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, with Some Account of Their Bordering Towns and Continue