Stoneleigh Abbey is the ancestral home of the Leighs, Jane Austen's mother's family, this is the grand Georgian wing of the house. Jane visited Stoneleigh after her father's death, it was the first place they stayed when they began living off their relatives. I have written several blog post giving you more information on Jane Austen's stay here http://janelark.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/stoneleigh-abbey-and-jane-austens-family-connections/
Once you have all pieces cut, the construction is simple enough... if not tedious. First, you will need the tip. Sorry (my bad) I didn't l...
This tutorial is here to walk you through all the steps of modifying my Regency Gown pattern to make your own Regency bodiced petticoat.
The UK publicity team were tasked with choosing just one book each as their ‘book of the year’. It was hard, but they made it. The list includes a history of strategic thinking, one of the year’s...
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In 1717 the 2nd Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley, began work on the development of his estates north of "the road to Oxford" or Tyburn Road, that eventually became Oxford Street. The first element in his grand design was Cavendish Square, named for his wife Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles. The Duke of Chandos bought the…
The Picture of London for 1802 In northern, central London sits Pentonville. An open countryside adjacent to the New Road, it was part of the ancient paris
St James’s Street was the heart of fashionable masculine London during the late Georgian and Regency period. Here gentlemen had their lodgings, kept their mistresses, bought their clothes and gambled in hells and clubs. It was not an exclusively male preserve, for modistes had their shops there and ladies could even buy ready-made corsets from…
Simpson's Tavern in Ball Court in the City of London is much the same today as my father;s photo from 1947. Ball Court is an example of the way many of London's alleys and courts have retained their centuries old original street plan.
The Hand and Shears pub at the junction of Middle Street and Cloth Fair is an historic pub linked with Bartholomew Fair and the history of Smithfield
Once upon a time there was a prince who liked to go to the seaside. One of his favourite uncles lived in Brighton, and George found the seaside resort very much to his taste. He rented a rather ple…
The Coaching Inn—Tonbridge Around the end of the Georgian period (1714 to 1830), the population of Tonbridge in Kent in Southeast England numbered about two thousand. It was a main stop for stagecoaches travelling from London to Hastings and Rye and was used as a staging post for the mail coaches, where horses could be…
It’s hot where I am again, and I recently discovered a local brand of Southern-style old fashioned butter pecan ice cream. Maybe that’s why ...
London's Historic Pubs, Part II ©Cheryl Bolen The five London pubs described in this blog have all been sampled by my family, and all can be found within a two-mile radius. Ye Olde Mitre Tavern Ye Olde Mitre Tavern is said to be the most difficult pub to find in London. According to legend, one…
George III moved to St James’s Palace on his accession in 1760 and was married there the next year. The ramshackle old palace did not suit the couple and in 1762, the year that Prince George (later to be Prince Regent and George IV) was born, George bought Buckingham House on the other side of…
Welcome to the first in our new Wednesday series, looking at some of central London's small historic gardens which, while not secret in the strictest sense of the word, may tend to get overlooked. Each of the gardens we're looking at is accessible to the public and has a link to the city's history as well as…
In the wooded village of Ewelme in Oxfordshire, we discover an elaborate church monument incorporating a cadaver tomb at St Mary's Church. An alabaster tomb, remaining essentially undamaged by time, is the resting place of Alice Chaucer, granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales. Alice was the last of the Chaucers. She lies…
