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Regency Hot Spots: Harrison’s and Bartleman’s Vocal Concerts

By Anne | May 20, 2016 - 9:37 am |June 14, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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Hanover Square Rooms in 1843 The picture of London, for 1802 These concerts were initiated in 1792 in the Willis’s Rooms by Harrison and Knyvett Continue →

Regency N(h)ot Spots: The Death of London’s Tea Gardens

By Anne | April 20, 2016 - 8:45 am |May 18, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Dish, Regency Hot Spots

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A view of London, or, The stranger’s guide through the British Metropolis (1804) Tea gardens were commonly the domain of the middle class, largely within Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Hampton Court Maze

By Anne | February 26, 2016 - 10:34 am |March 18, 2016 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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Leigh’s new picture of England and Wales, 1819 Situated on the north bank of the Thames, Hampton Court was a royal palace enlarged by King Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Hanover Square Rooms

By Anne | February 12, 2016 - 12:56 pm |March 10, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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The Hanover Square Rooms, or Queen’s Concert Rooms, were established in 1774 in apartments at the corner of Hanover Square in London. For a century, Continue →