Regency Hot Spots – Page 27

Regency Hot Spots: Astley’s Circus

By Anne | July 10, 2013 - 8:56 pm |November 5, 2022 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots

Son of a Newcastle cabinet maker, Philip Astley (1742-1814) is regarded as the father of the modern circus. His auspicious beginnings were as a cracking Continue →

Regency H(n)ot Spots: The Pantheon

By Anne | June 14, 2013 - 12:16 pm |February 5, 2024 Regency Hot Spots

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Designed by James Wyatt (who died in 1813 from an overturned carriage) and opened on London’s Oxford Street on 1772, The Pantheon featured a rotunda Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Gaming Houses of the West End

By Anne | March 15, 2013 - 10:51 am |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Literature, Regency Villains

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Reg. readers are well aware of the popularity of gaming in London among gentlemen. Whether it was putting on the books some lark bet between Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Newmarket

By Anne | March 6, 2013 - 9:19 pm |July 30, 2015 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Hot Spots

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Nestled in Suffolk, Newmarket is one of horseracing’s most famous historic sites. According to a 1839 England guidebook, Newmarket’s most appealing attribute for sport was Continue →