Regency (N)ot Spots: Bermondsey Spa

Around 1770, Thomas Keyse discovered a chalybeate spring in Bermondsey.  By 1780, the Vauxhall inspired (but on much smaller scale) Bermondsey Spa Pleasure Gardens was Continue

Regency Culture and Society: A Letter from a Young Gentleman to His Sister

Appearing in the Lady’s Monthly Museum (1803, Volume 11), this letter from a young gentleman to his sister is everything a letter from a big Continue