I have looked at trade cards on a couple of previous occasions and it appears that many of our readers like them as much as I do. So, today I am going to look at a specific trade – that of a druggi…

Today’s guest is new to All Things Georgian, Morgan Blake, who writes regency romance novels and Austenesque variations of Pride & Prejudice that are sometimes steamy, sometimes not. Long ago, before the age of short attention spans and incessant emails, there was letter writing. It was not a medium accessible to all, because of the high cost of producing paper and procuring ink. And even then, the costs associated with the sending of said letter via physical post made it prohibitive, long before concerns of literacy and peasantry might ever arise.

Today’s guest is new to All Things Georgian, Morgan Blake, who writes regency romance novels and Austenesque variations of Pride & Prejudice that are sometimes steamy, sometimes not. Long ago, before the age of short attention spans and incessant emails, there was letter writing. It was not a medium accessible to all, because of the high cost of producing paper and procuring ink. And even then, the costs associated with the sending of said letter via physical post made it prohibitive, long before concerns of literacy and peasantry might ever arise.

Should you have the misfortune to suffer a household/business fire in the Georgian period, then let’s hope you had taken out fire insurance. If you hadn’t then you would not be eligible to call on …

Let’s begin this piece with William’s surname, I have come across quite a few documents about this man, but none of which seem to know exactly what the spelling of his surname was – Habberfield, Hu…

Let’s begin this piece with William’s surname, I have come across quite a few documents about this man, but none of which seem to know exactly what the spelling of his surname was – Habberfield, Hu…

Bangers, or more correctly named, sausages, have been made for centuries, but today we’re going to look at those made in the 18th century and by whom. According to the newspapers of the Georgian pe…

Bangers, or more correctly named, sausages, have been made for centuries, but today we’re going to look at those made in the 18th century and by whom. According to the newspapers of the Georgian pe…

It is likely that Martin born in 1736 and was the son of John Butchell of Flanders origin, who was believed to have been tapestry maker to King George II. Quite how accurate any of that is remains …

Welcome back after the summer break and as we are now heading towards the end of the year I have plenty more tales from the Georgian Era. Today I am delighted to welcome, a now regular guest, Elain…

Welcome back after the summer break and as we are now heading towards the end of the year I have plenty more tales from the Georgian Era. Today I am delighted to welcome, a now regular guest, Elain…

I have been trying to find out the average wages of servants in the Georgian era, which has proved more difficult than anticipated. The newspapers of the day carried numerous adverts by employers f…

I have been trying to find out the average wages of servants in the Georgian era, which has proved more difficult than anticipated. The newspapers of the day carried numerous adverts by employers f…

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To find out what was in fashion some 200 years ago, an excellent resource is  Ackermann’s  Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics which provided guidance for …

To find out what was in fashion some 200 years ago, an excellent resource is  Ackermann’s  Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics which provided guidance for …

I was recently directed to Marianne Baillie by a reader of All Things Georgian, Monica Putzu, Teacher of English Language and Literature at Liceo Classico Alessandro Manzoni in Lecco, Italy, so I o…

I was recently directed to Marianne Baillie by a reader of All Things Georgian, Monica Putzu, Teacher of English Language and Literature at Liceo Classico Alessandro Manzoni in Lecco, Italy, so I o…

I have recently looked the Duff family and this story is one that is extremely closely linked to it and encompasses a large part of the globe, from Jamaica to India. We begin with a conversation pi…