Ranging from high-born to low.
Benjamin Jesty: Pioneer vaccinator
Largely forgotten now but he predated Edward Jenner.
Breast is best but what were the alternatives in the long 18th century?
Wet nursing, cow’s milk and pap.
What happened during the Georgian harvest?
A lot of hard work.
Lady Georgiana Lennox and her adventures with the 1st Duke of Wellington
An enduring and intriguing friendship.
It’s raining pitchforks: the Swing Riots of the 1830s, Or, The miserable life of the ag lab
Tough times.
Indoor fun and games
Chess, quadrille, hazard, drafts…
A sure bet – cricket in the Georgian era
A brief history.
In sickness and in health: a late Georgian aristocratic marriage – John Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, and Mary Elizabeth Townshend
Surprising for an aristocratic match.
The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Houses of Parliament
A tidy-up led to catastrophe.
The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Downing Street
Speculation build to slum to top crib.
The buildings of Georgian Whitehall and Westminster: Horse Guards, Dover House
Beautiful buildings, very famous.
Summer scenes from the Georgian era
Five contrasting treatments of the summer season.
The Yorkshire schools in court: 1816
Some foreshadows of William Shaw, the inspiration for Wackford Squeers
Silk: From Spitalfields to Sudbury at Gainsborough’s House
Exquisite exhibition at Sudbury
1818: The murder of a gamekeeper at Crockingham Corner, Epsom
Eli Cox was only 19 when he was savagely attacked.
A voyage to nowhere: On board prison hulks at Woolwich
It was by no means an easy life.
The trial of John Motherhill for the rape of Catherine Wade: 1786
Pretty depressing.
Suspicious death of a female on Fulham Bridge: 28 September 1817
Maria Cooper threw herself into the Thames after a drinking session.
The eruption of La Soufrière on the West Indian island of St Vincent
1812: The earth shook, a massive column of thick black smoke rose from the summit and volumes of red-hot sparks were spat into the atmosphere.
The Bloody Countess: A guest post by Catherine Curzon
Read about the vengeful Hanoverian Clara Elisabeth von Platen
1814: The death of Lavinia Robinson, the Manchester Ophelia
She was accused of “a want of chastity.”
Catherine Tylney-Long: A quadruple-barrelled surname was never going to work
An heiress makes a disastrous mistake. A guest post by Mike Rendell.
1819: The rape of Hannah Whitehorn
A teenage maidservant makes a serious allegation.
