Category Archives: buildings and structures

What is a Glass Cone? And a Look Back at A Touch of Cashémere, Book 3 of the Realm Series

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Next month, I hope to release a new romantic mystery/suspense series. This one is from Dragonblade Publishers, so I thought I might revisit my very successful Realm series and some of the history regarding each of the stories in the series. … Continue reading →

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Use of Mews in Regency London

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question from a Reader/Writer – Were mews actually kept behind London’s great houses or were there a, for lack of another word, a group barn for the people along a street? Okay, I admit I am not an expert in … Continue reading →

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Posting Inns and Hedge Taverns and “Posting Letters” During the Regency Era ~ Clearing the Confusion, Hopefully…

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

After last Friday’s piece on postage and sombre statements, I had a few questions regarding the concept of posting inns during the Regency. Remember posting of letters could be completed at posting inns, and mail bags could be exchanged at … Continue reading →

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The Do’s and Don’t’s of Writing of a Peer’s Time in the Houses of Parliament

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

When writing British Regencies and other historicals set in the 1700s and 1800s, one must know something of inheritance laws, as well as how Parliament operated during those times. Below, you will find a mishmash of facts I have learned, … Continue reading →

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Life Below Stairs ~ Housing the Servants

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

It was not uncommon for an English aristocrat or a wealthy man of the gentry to own several properties: country estates and a London house in a fashionable area of London. In doing so, the owner employed a variety of … Continue reading →

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24 July 1817, Marks the Burial of Jane Austen at Winchester Cathedral

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

via http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10199138/Jane-Austen-unveiled-as-face-of-new-10-note.html July 18, 2024 marked the 207th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen. Tribute from Austen’s most loyal fans continue to flow through any number of activities, readings, evensongs, and events, leading us to July 24, the date of … Continue reading →

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What Do We Know of London and the Surrounding Areas in the Regency?

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Some people who read Regency-based novels do not realize London itself was not all the areas we writers mention in our novels. Many areas, such as Hampstead Heath (famous for its duels), Kew Gardens (founded in 1840 from the exotic … Continue reading →

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June ~ the Month of Love and Marriage: Fleet Prison Marriages of the 1700s

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Marriage ceremonies associated with the Fleet Prison is London were many in the mid to late 1700s. It is estimated that in the 1740s over half of London’s marriage ceremonies took place in “marriage shops” surrounding the Fleet Prison. By … Continue reading →

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Easingwold and Its Relevance to “The Colonel’s Ungovernable Governess” + a Giveaway

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

The Colonel’s Ungovernable Governess is on preorder. Do you have your copy? Rather than be forced to marry a man not of her choice, Miss Jocelyn Romfield runs away. She believes spending her life as a governess would be superior … Continue reading →

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“Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes” . . . Death Fits the Bill, Yet What of Taxes? Happy Lady Day to All!

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

There were hundreds of taxes and so a variety of dates on which they would be due. Some were pay as you go, so to speak. For others, the tax man came along and counted the number of windows in the person’s residence and looked at the number of footmen employed and counted the crested carriages owned and other four-wheeled vehicles, etc., and made his demand. A person then had “x” number of days to pay the tax. Some taxes were due in quarter days and some on cross quarter days. Continue reading →

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