Regency Hot Spots: Richmond via the Thames

A View of London: Or, the Stranger’s Guide Through the British Metropolis …. (1803). United Kingdom: B. Crosby. Steamboat services on the Thames began operating in about 1815, Continue

A View of London: Or, the Stranger’s Guide Through the British Metropolis …. (1803). United Kingdom: B. Crosby. Steamboat services on the Thames began operating in about 1815, 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