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Regency Travel: The Prevalence of Conveyances

By Anne | February 28, 2017 - 8:17 am |March 20, 2017 Regency Travel

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The History of Coaches, George Athelstane Thrupp To round out a month full of tidbits about travelling around in the Regency, I snipped the info Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Yellow Bounders and the Four Horse Club

By Anne | February 24, 2017 - 8:43 am |April 28, 2017 Regency Men, Regency Pastimes, Regency Reader Questions, Regency Travel

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Some articles and blogs claim that all chaises and post chaises must be yellow. However, the only requirement I’ve found or a particular color of Continue →

Regency Women of Character: “Unbecoming” Lady Drivers

By Anne | February 8, 2017 - 8:55 am |February 21, 2017 Regency Travel, Regency Women of Character

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I was doing some research and ran across this account of women drivers in Hyde Park from a very starched up sexist American, and thought Continue →

Regency Travel: London to Bath

By Anne | July 29, 2016 - 8:45 am |August 23, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Travel

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Leigh’s New Pocket Road Book of England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, on the Plan of Reichard’s Itineraries(1825)has not only some great info on distances to Continue →