Regency Reader

Regency Dish: Milk in Town

By Anne | March 4, 2017 - 8:24 am |March 10, 2017 Regency Dish, Regency Economy

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Leigh’s New Picture of London (1822) Time’s Telescope (1819) To read more on the problem with adulteration of milk during the era, go Continue →

London Hot Spots: The Porter Brewery

By Anne | January 14, 2017 - 7:56 am |February 8, 2017 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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The ambulator; or, The stranger’s companion in a tour round London (1807) Porter beer rose in popularity in the 1700s, and would begin to dwindle Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Chief Seats of Particular Trades

By Anne | October 30, 2016 - 9:38 am |November 11, 2016 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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I ran across this list in A Description of London; containing a sketch of its history and present (1824) and found it interesting and useful, Continue →

Regency Economy: Tea and Monkeys

By Anne | August 4, 2016 - 1:12 pm |August 23, 2016 Regency Economy

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In the August 1821 Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c, this article describing the harvesting and varieties of Chinese and Japanese teas appeared.