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Regency Travel: The Tilbury Firm

By Anne | March 12, 2021 - 9:08 am |March 30, 2021 Regency Travel

The tilbury carriage (a light, open, two wheeled carriage with or without a top) was named for its maker, the London firm Tilbury. Their coachbuilding Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Travelling Piquet

By Anne | March 8, 2021 - 8:41 am |November 10, 2024 Regency Pastimes, Regency Travel

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that passing the time while travelling in a vehicle was, in the Regency era the same as today, sometimes as Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: The Etiquette of a Carriage Ride

By Anne | February 12, 2021 - 6:47 am |February 28, 2021 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Travel

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A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813) authored by A Lady, tells us about manners when invited to travel in a carriage with a companion.

Regency Travel: Traveling Abroad in the 19th Century

By Anne | August 26, 2020 - 6:03 am |September 21, 2020 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Travel, Representing Regency

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Although advances in steam packets would explode international travel in the mid to late 1800s, the Regency and early Victorian/late Georgian eras still saw some Continue →