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Regency Pastimes: Shuttlecock

By Anne | May 6, 2026 - 7:10 am |May 25, 2026 Regency Pastimes
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The Book of Games, Or, A History on [i.e. Of] Juvenile Sports Practised at the Kingston Academy: Illustrated with Twenty-four Copperplates. (1822). United States: George Long, no. 71 Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, battledore, battledore and shuttlecock, pastimes, regency, shuttlecock, sport

Regency Pastimes: Bat Fowling

By Anne | March 12, 2026 - 8:07 am |March 22, 2026 Regency Pastimes
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Cox, N. (1815). The Nobleman and Gentleman’s Recreation. United Kingdom: J. Smeeton. Mentions of bat fowling appear in Shakespeare, but apparently was a common practice for hunting birds at night Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, bat fowling, bird hunting, fowling, hunting, pastime, regency, Regency England, regency men, sport

Regency Pastimes: Hunt the Slipper

By Anne | April 8, 2025 - 8:16 am |April 29, 2025 Regency Pastimes
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I was researching something else entirely and came upon a reference to the game Hunt the Slipper. Every Boy’s Book: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Sports Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, children, games, pastimes, regency, Regency England, sport

Regency Pastimes: The French Way of Catching Salmon

By Anne | June 24, 2022 - 7:14 am |July 5, 2022 Regency Pastimes
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This letter to the editor, and tidbit, appeared in The Sporting Magazine in 1823.

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, fishing, pastimes, regency, regency ads, regency men, salmon, sport
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