Copyright @Jane Austen’s World. Gentle readers, as you know, the northeast has been socked in by snow, ice, gale winds, and bitterly cold temperatures today. This is a perfect time for hunkering inside and drinking hot chocolate. Or is it? My nephew’s children will go sledding, others will go ice skating, and my dog will […]
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Snow Sports and Winter Transportation in the Regency Era
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Georgian Life, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency Travel, tagged 18th century skating, 19th century skating, 19th century sleds, regency winter on December 27, 2010| 18 Comments »
Seaside Fashion, Regency Style
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency World, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Bathing machines, Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Regency seaside fashions, Vanity Fair 1998 on August 14, 2009| 9 Comments »
Inquiring reader, in honor of this week’s tepid heat wave in Richmond, I continue my coverage of all things seaside during the Regency era. To our moderns eyes, Regency fashions by the seashore covered as much of the body as ordinary clothes, and were as complicated as regular fashions. Let’s take a closer look. I […]
Cost of Maintaining a Horse in Regency London
Posted in jane austen, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, Travel, tagged carriages, Coaches, Cost of a horse in London, Gower Mews, Regency Transportation, Regency Travel on June 18, 2009| 9 Comments »
The cost of maintaining horses and carriages in London was extremely expensive in Regency England. It still is today.
Cost of Transportation, Bathing Machines, and Carriages in 1836 Brighton
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency Transportation, Regency World, tagged Georgian Brighton, Regency Brighton on May 21, 2009| 1 Comment »
Brighton as It Is 1836 has been posted electronically online. A fascinating tour guide, it offers many peeks into a world that is long gone. Most interesting is this page that lists the fares for hiring a sedan chair, bathing machine, pleasure boats, and carriages. One may also find the subscription to the reading room […]
Travel During the Regency Period
Posted in Regency Travel, Travel, tagged Regency Transportation, transportation on November 17, 2007| 6 Comments »
The life of a stage coach horse during the Regency era was not easy. Roads, though much improved over previous centuries, could be filled with mud and ruts that impeded progress. Generally one horse could pull a wheeled vehicle six times its own weight. Therefore, a carriage horse weighing from 1200 lbs to 2300 lbs […]