Regency Hot Spots – Page 19

Regency Hot Spots: Exeter ‘Change

By Anne | August 26, 2016 - 7:41 am |July 15, 2023 Regency Hot Spots

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In the Strand the Exeter (Ex)Change was built around 1690 “as a sort of bazaar” which “(l)ike countless other imitations…proved a failure” (London society, Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Portman Square

By Anne | August 12, 2016 - 8:10 am |August 31, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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Although inferior “as a promenade” Portman Square was widely touted as the most beautiful square, second only to Grosvenor Square. Originally part of the Portman Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Harrison’s and Bartleman’s Vocal Concerts

By Anne | May 20, 2016 - 9:37 am |June 14, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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Hanover Square Rooms in 1843 The picture of London, for 1802 These concerts were initiated in 1792 in the Willis’s Rooms by Harrison and Knyvett Continue →

Regency N(h)ot Spots: The Death of London’s Tea Gardens

By Anne | April 20, 2016 - 8:45 am |May 18, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Dish, Regency Hot Spots

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A view of London, or, The stranger’s guide through the British Metropolis (1804) Tea gardens were commonly the domain of the middle class, largely within Continue →