Hockensmith, Steve:
Like me, Steve Hockensmith has bridged the worlds of Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes. Unlike me, he’s successful, but I won’t deny …
Kentchurch Court:
To my knowledge, Kentchurch Court has no Jane Austen connection, but it was the stately home used for Regency House Party. It …
Regency Town House:
From the website: “The Regency Town House is a grade 1 Listed terraced home of the mid-1820s being developed as a heritage …
Lyme Park:
Because of the success of the 1995 BBC adaptation, Lyme Park in Cheshire is probably the best known movie representation of Pemberley, …
Georgian Group, The
“Britain’s architectural heritage is one of the nation’s greatest assets and the Georgian period (broadly 1700-1837) gave us some of our most …
Fairfax House:
It’s nowhere near Bath, but if in fact it is the “finest Geogian House in England” it deserves inclusion here. “Fairfax House …
cabriolet:
A two-wheeled carriage for two, one of who is the driver, drawn by a single horse. It has a folding top to …
brougham:
Pronounced “broom,” this is a four-wheeled carriage for two, with a separate seat for the driver and perhaps a footman. Similar to …
barouche, landau:
a four wheeled carriage drawn by two horses with two benches, allowing the passengers to face each other across the middle, with …
barristers, attorneys
Britain has a split legal profession that includes barristers and solicitors (and at one time serjeants at law). Barristers can plead in …
assemblies
Organizations that provided, for a subscription, balls, concerts, salons and suppers during the social season.
archbishop and bishops
The archbishops of Canterbury and York are the leaders of the Church of England, although the monarch, of course, is the head …
Allen, Ralph
The mayor of Bath of is now largely a ceremonial position, but Ralph Allen as mayor (elected in 1742) and postmaster of …
Sally Lunn’s buns:
Charlotte and Jane will eat a prodigious amount of Bath buns in My Particular Friend, and of course the original Bath bun …
Victoria Art Gallery
If you’re going to create a website that explores all things Austen, you’ll need pictures of Bath, and the best source is …
Fashion Museum, Bath:
The Fashion Museum in Bath isn’t just about Jane Austen. Currently showing is What Will She Wear: The Enduring Romance of the …
Postal Museum, Bath:
We know as much of Jane Austen as we do because of her letters to her sister. By the 1800s, the postal …
Chawton House Library:
Chawton House Library is a UK charity with a collection of books focusing on women’s writing in English from 1600 to 1830. …
Chawton Cottage
Jane Austen’s House Museum maintains Chawton Cottage, the home where Jane Austen did most of her mature writing during the last eight …
Bath, England:
Visit Bath is the official tourism website for the city that Jane built, and the Austen connections are numerous, although of course …
Pump Room, The:
The Pump Room overlooks the Roman Baths and it remains an elegant place to have tea, but in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey: …
Baths, The Roman:
The Roman Baths drew visitors to the city of Bath with the promise of health and vitality from the waters of the …
Regency:
Specifically the years 1811, after King George III is deemed unfit to rule and his son is named Regent, to 1820, when …
primogeniture:
Generally, the law or custom that the first-born or oldest surviving son should be the presumed inheritor. That’s why there are a …
phaeton:
A carriage with four large wheels, usually seating two, drawn by a single horse or tandem, often with a folding top. It …
pelisse:
A jacket or coat, sometimes short, sometimes full length, initially modeled after a military jacket, usually characterized by a multitude of frog …
Lower Assembly Rooms:
The older of the assembly rooms (see assemblies) in Bath. It no longer exists, having burned down in the 1820s. There’s an …
master of ceremonies, Beau Nash:
The master of ceremonies at an assembly sees that introductions are made, protocol is observed, gambling is kept under control (roll your …
Patillo, Beth:
The strange serendipity of reading The Sherlockian, tracking Arthur Conan Doyle’s diary, and The Dashwood Sisters Tell All, following Cassandra Austen’s diary …
letters patent:
These were open letters issued by a monarch conferring some office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or to some …