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Regency Pastimes: Hampton Court Maze

By Anne | February 26, 2016 - 10:34 am |March 18, 2016 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

Leigh’s new picture of England and Wales, 1819 Situated on the north bank of the Thames, Hampton Court was a royal palace enlarged by King Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Hanover Square Rooms

By Anne | February 12, 2016 - 12:56 pm |March 10, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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The Hanover Square Rooms, or Queen’s Concert Rooms, were established in 1774 in apartments at the corner of Hanover Square in London. For a century, Continue →

Regency H(n)ot Spots: King’s Theatre

By Anne | August 23, 2015 - 10:17 am |September 27, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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Situated in the West End on Haymarket, the King’s Theatre’s name depended on what gender sat in the throne, sometimes called Her Majesty’s Theatre. Originally Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The Leverian Museum

By Anne | January 5, 2015 - 8:23 pm |August 2, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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Described by a 1803 guidebook as “the completest and most interesting collection of natural curiosities in the metropolis,” the Leverian Museum (or Museum Leverianum) was Continue →