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Regency Hot Spots: Theatre Royal (Bath)

By Anne | October 16, 2021 - 8:38 am |November 9, 2021 Regency Hot Spots

The first Bath Theatre was built in 1730 on the site that, by the Regency, would become the General Hospital. By 1801, Bath’s population had Continue →

Regency Household: A Bath

By Anne | January 28, 2021 - 6:34 am |February 9, 2021 Regency Household

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Appeared in the September 1820 issue of Ackermann’s Repository. It looks a bit like a mausoleum to me, but I have to confess that having Continue →

Regency Household: Stoves

By Anne | November 6, 2019 - 6:31 am |November 19, 2019 Regency Household

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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal (1833) These stoves were metal, typically cast iron, and set in the chimney. I Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Spas and Bathing Part II

By Anne | May 22, 2019 - 7:25 am |June 18, 2019 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Reader Questions, Regency Travel

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Moniker/Name: tkh Source of Question: Research Your Question: One more question for you. I’ve been looking into “taking the waters.” Everyone speaks of Bath, but Continue →