Category Archives: Regency Hot Spots

Regency Hot Spots: Chief Seats of Particular Trades

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Spitalfields

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 Hot Spots: Exeter ‘Change

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ExeterChangeStrandInterior1812

  In the Strand the Exeter (Ex)Change was built around 1690 “as a sort of bazaar” which “(l)ike countless other imitations…proved a failure” (London society, Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Portman Square

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Although inferior “as a promenade” Portman Square was widely touted as the most beautiful square, second only to Grosvenor Square.  Originally part of the Portman Continue →