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Regency Hot Spots: Tavistock Street

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The Original (1850) Tavistock Chapel, a modern interpretation of Gothic architecture, was situated in Tavistock Street, a popular site for milliners, haberdashers, and ornamental goods. Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The Invisible Girl in Leicester Square

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The Picture of London for 1802 The Farington Diary (1923) In the early 1800s in No. 1 Leicester Square, a curiosity was on display for Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Greenwich Hospital

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Greenwich Hospital painting by William Turner

Greenwich Hospital was neither a hot spot nor a not spot, but rather a place of note in London from 1692 to 1869. As a Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Covent Garden

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If there was any doubt that the once fruit and vegetable market had been inundated by red light district activities by the Georgian era, I Continue →