Regency Pastimes: Sailing and Rowing Competitions
The Picture of London, for 1803 (1802) The annual Picture of London would tell tales of sailing and rowing competitions on the Thames in the Continue
The Picture of London, for 1803 (1802) The annual Picture of London would tell tales of sailing and rowing competitions on the Thames in the Continue
Around 1770, Thomas Keyse discovered a chalybeate spring in Bermondsey. By 1780, the Vauxhall inspired (but on much smaller scale) Bermondsey Spa Pleasure Gardens was Continue
New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue
In 1796 there were over 12,000 watermen in England. By 1828 there were more than 3,000 wherries (or rowboats) on the Thames in and around Continue