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Regency H(n)ot Spots: The Pantheon

By Anne | June 14, 2013 - 12:16 pm |February 5, 2024 Regency Hot Spots

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Designed by James Wyatt (who died in 1813 from an overturned carriage) and opened on London’s Oxford Street on 1772, The Pantheon featured a rotunda Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Newmarket

By Anne | March 6, 2013 - 9:19 pm |July 30, 2015 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Hot Spots

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Nestled in Suffolk, Newmarket is one of horseracing’s most famous historic sites. According to a 1839 England guidebook, Newmarket’s most appealing attribute for sport was Continue →

Regency (H)Not Spots: Millbank Prison

By anneglover | February 7, 2012 - 9:26 pm |July 30, 2015 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Hot Spots

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I started reading Affinity by Sarah Waters, in conjunction with some lighter fare (including Heyerwood) which features Millbank Prison as a main location/character of the Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The River Thames Frost Fair

By Anne | October 22, 2011 - 11:00 pm |March 25, 2013 Regency Hot Spots

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Between 1400 and 1814, The River Thames froze over approximately 26 times. The Great Freeeze of 1683-1684 prompted the first commercial and full scale “Frost Continue →