Regency History

Whether you are a writer, reader, history buff or just someone who wants to learn more about the 19th Century, we have a variety of posts that will likely interest you.  With over 13 years full of information, we have tried to catalog our many history posts that touch on the things that interest our readers.

We have other categories that are not included in this list, because they are largely visual posts (Regency Fashion, Regency Advertisements) and others need to be catalogued (Regency Women of Character, Regency Men, Regency Literature) but we encourage you to explore those, too.

Representing Regency: Challenging Historical Accuracy Claims with History

Courtesans, Marriage and Dukes (Did Dukes ever marry sex workers?)
Multiracial People in the 19th Century
Black Britons
Black Britons Part II
How Many Dukes were Marriageable in the Regency?
Traveling Abroad in the 19th Century
Women and the Sciences
Persuasion and People of Color in the 19th Century
Representing Regency: Anglo-Indians 

Regency Etiquette

Chaperones (and etiquette)
Funeral Rites
Mourning Clothes
Dining in Hotels
Hints for Young Married Women
English Travelers Behaving Badly
Conduct of Women
Women and Cards
Courting, Wedding and Babies
Etiquette of the Call
Marriage, Annulment, Divorce
Ageing
A Guide for Gentlemen in Acknowledging Superiors
An Introduction to Neighbors
Etiquette of  Carriage Ride
Table Manners
Tips for Letter Writing
10 Maxims for Conduct in Life
Unmarried and orphaned women
Young widows and chaperones
Late nights, keys, and servants
Tips and Tricks of Letter Writing 
The Etiquette of a Carriage Ride
A Gentleman’s Etiquette for Acknowledging Superiors

Regency spam
Consanguinity
Tobacco
Graffiti
The Masquerade
Cloak Rooms, Bathrooms, Retiring Rooms
The Withdrawing Room
Marriages and Love Matches
Maps, research and making up names
Pop Music
Happiness
Banking
Living Frugally
Marriage of Minors
The Language of Flowers
Botanical Emblems
A Women in Want of Pockets
Women Taking Snuff
Lesbians
Marriage and Money
Eminent Painters
Chefs (Gender, French/English, Celebrity)
Adoptions and Inheritance
Town Bronze
Illegitimacy
Pop Music
Marriage before University
Body consciousness, fashion plates, and ideals

Regency Furniture and Decor (or view our Pinterest Furniture Board)

Overview
Mattresses
Carlton Table and Chairs
A French Bed
A French Bedchamber
Girandole
Ormolu Clock
Secretaire Desk
Window Drapery
Sheraton Buffet
Tent Room
Ottomans
Furniture Showroom
A Pedestal Case
Tete a Teat Seats
Crib
Library Curtains
Reclining Chairs
Firescreens
Fashionable Chairs
Pier Table and Grecian Pedestal
Gothic Furniture
Lit de Repos
Wardrobe
Drawing Room Curtains and Work Table
Sofa and Chairs
Wine Table
French Sofa Bed
Boudoir with Ottomans
Chandelier
Chaise Lounge Designs
Gothic Sofa
Escritoires
Dressing Glasses (Mirrors)
Jardinieres
Chiffonier and Pier Commode
Bed Steps
Faking Mahogany
Library Sofa
Drawing Room Chairs
Library Seats
Four Poster Beds
Cabinet Dressing Case
Ladies Wardrobe
Candleabri
Boudoir Table and Episcopal Chair
Patterns for Needlework Carpets
Paper Sandwich and Tea Tray
Morgan and Sanders Furniture Warehouse
Mona Marble Chimney
Ingram’s Furniture Warehouse
Drawing Room Curtains
A Small Bed
Folding Screens
Tea Urn Warehouse
Egyptian Chimney Front
Work Tables

Regency Household Management, Staff, and Sundry
Household staff
The Kitchen Garden
The Governess
Cleaning Recipes
The Treatment of Servants
Chefs (Gender, French/English, Celebrity)
Servants of the Upper Orders
Mend Glass, Clean Wainscotting
The Dyeing of Fabric and Garments
Cleaner for Chintz, Linen and Carpet
Restore Velvet
Whitening Straw
Stoves
Cure Damp Walls
Clothes Balls
Bedtime Hazards
Potpourri Recipe
Stink Trap Cleaning

Regency Estates and Buildings

Aviary
A Baliff’s Cottage
A Domestic Chapel
Gardner Cottage
A Conservatory
A Rustic Bridge
Four Cottages
Hunting Lodge
Garden Railings
Garden Fountain
Gothic Dairy
A Bath

Regency Travel and Conveyances

The sedan chair
Carriages, coaches and the barouche
Moveable Axels
Horses
Hackney Fares in London
Mail Coach Routes from London
London to Bath
Traveling Abroad
The Grand Junction Canal
Visits and Distance
Coaches
Steam Packets
The Sulky
Public Recreations in Paris
Wherries on the Thames
The Prevalence of Conveyances
Yellow Bounders and the Four Horse Club
Hyde Park and Driving in the Dark
The Tilbury Firm (The Tilbury and the Stanhope)
Night Driving

Regency Events

Cotswold Olimpick Games
Parachute Experiment of 1802
Beer Flood of 1814
The 1801 Census (the first one!)
Spencer Perceval (Prime Minister) Assassination 
River Thames Frost Fair

Regency Pastimes

The Pantomime
Faro
Riding
Pictorial Cards
Puzzle Purses
Dancing Resources
Hunting the Squirrel
Yellow Bounders and the Four Horse Club
Skittles
Booksellers and Subscription Libraries
Archery
Riding
Golf
Dancing
Gauze Screens
Conchology
Tambour Work
Angling
Drawing
Gilt Crafts
Sportsman’s Dictionary
Exercise
Pugilism
Travelling Piquet
Taw

Regency Crime and Punishment

Bow Street Runners
Court of Assizes
Hangers on at Inns
Poultry Compter
Old Bailey
Millbank Prison
Fleet Prison
Crime and Punishment in the Countryside (Bailiffs, Constables, Watchmen and Justices)
The Murder of Mr. Steel
A Treacherous Footman

Regency Holidays

All Hallows Eve Part 1 and Part 2
Winter Merrymaking
Nutcrack Night
Valentine’s
Valentine and Puzzle Purses
Christmas Carols

Regency Politics

Prime Ministers
Major Acts of Parliament 1800
Major Acts of Parliament 1802

Regency Health and Medicine

Herbs and Broken Bones
Quackery
Herbs for Agues
Green Sickness
Gargles
Worms
Guestonian Medicine
Mercurial Ointment
Sleep
Miracle Vegetable Syrup
Gunshot Wounds and Memory Loss
Gout
Walking and Women’s Feeble Arms (Their Words, Not Mine)
Vegetable Infusions
Strawberries Medicinal Uses
Improved Ginger
Treatment for Sore Nipples
Spas and Bathing
Dentistry and Artificial Teeth
Family Planning
Waterloo Teeth
Lowness of Spirit Lozenges
Ginger Seeds for Wind and Spasms
Heartburn Receipt
Laystalls and London Sanitation

Regency Beauty

Lotions and Potions
Skincare Advice
Pomade Divine Receipt
Italian Lily Paste
Hand Lotion
Hand Lotion Receipt
Shaving Cakes and See Through Soap
Whiten Teeth
Freckles and Facial Hair Treatment
Soap
Disappearing Freckles
Putting on a Cravat

Regency Food and Drink

Removes
Water
Fasting
Tea
Preparing Meats
Joints of Beef
A Forced Cabbage

Regency Science and Invention

Moveable Axels for Carriages
Veterinary Medicine
Pollution
Tin Can
Luddites
Steam Locomotive
The Weatherman
Computer
Hobbyhorse
Flight
Coffee Pot
Gaslights
The Calculating Engine
Water Filter
Language of Birds
Rollercoasters
Ormes Transparencies
Hummingbird Sphinx
Maillardet’s Automation
1801 Census
Puffing Billy
Coffee Percolator
Siderographia

Regency Employment/Occupations

Farrier
Weatherman

Regency Places

The Burlington Arcade
West End Gaming Houses
Astley’s Circus
Peerless Pool
Harrow
The Stock Exchange
Tea Gardens
The White House
Du Bourg’s Models
The Dilettanti Theatre
Spa Towns
Hyde Park
San Pareil Theatre
Sass’s Academy
Leiceister Square’s Invisible Girl
Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam)
Gunter’s Tea Shop
Almack’s Assembly Rooms
Jackson’s
Bath
Tattersall’s
Hyde Park and Rotten Row
Hellfire Caves
Vauxhall and Ranelagh Gardens
Brighton
Gretna Green
Old Bailey
Gaming Hells Part 1 and Part 2
Popular shops
Haymarket Theatre
London Docklands
28 Charlotte Street (Brothel)
Hotels
Harrogate
Regent’s Park
Bartholomew Fair
Savile Row
River Thames Frost Fair
Millbank Prison
The Daffy Club
The Burlington Arcade
Drury Lane Theatre
Newmarket
The Pantheon
Egyptian Hall
Sadler’s Wells
Southhill Park
The Leverian Museum
Cosmorama
King’s Theatre
Fleet Prison
Manchester Square
The Corn Exchange
Tower of London Menagerie
Leadenhall Market
Cheltenham
Kensington Gardens
Clement’s Inn
Tavistock Street
White Conduit House and Tea Garden
Poultry Compter
Greenwich Hospital
Covent Garden
Dutton’s Circulating Library
Twickenham
The Cocoa Tree
Bermondsey Spa
Paternoster Row
Bushy Park
Angelo’s School of Arms
The Surrey Theatre
United Service Club
Floris of London
The Halls of the City Companies
Holland House
Public Recreations in Paris
The Opera House
Wigley’s Royal Promenade Rooms
Aldersgate Street 
Argyll Rooms
Soho Square Bazaar
Soho Square
The Porter Brewery
Cranbourne Alley
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Exeter Change
Portman Square
Harrison’s and Bartleman’s Vocal Concerts
Hanover Square Rooms
The Finish Coffee House
The Piazza Coffehouse
Whitechapel Mount

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