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Regency Hot Spots: Chief Seats of Particular Trades

By Anne | October 30, 2016 - 9:38 am |November 11, 2016 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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I ran across this list in A Description of London; containing a sketch of its history and present (1824) and found it interesting and useful, Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: “How to Live in London” and Be a Flat

By Anne | January 13, 2015 - 6:35 pm |May 10, 2015 Regency Culture and Society

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How to Live in London; or, the metropolitan microscope, and stranger’s guide (1828) tells us how we might become introduced to the world of gaming.

Regency Hot Spots: Sadler’s Wells

By Anne | May 18, 2014 - 9:38 pm |January 11, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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Although the present day theatre is the sixth building on the site since 1683, its long standing life in Clerkenwell has seen the performance theater Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Haymarket Theatre

By anneglover | October 5, 2009 - 7:34 pm |November 22, 2024 Regency Hot Spots

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Originally established in 1720, The Theatre Royal Haymarket (or Haymarket Theatre), has had a long and distinguished place in history of London. By 1820, the Continue →