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Watercress Sellers of the 1800s in England - Watercress sellers, sometimes called cress sellers, were in the same class as a costermonger. However, costermongers thought selling watercress was beneath ... https://t.co/CyZYZfEcLw #EngHist #19thcentury #watercress
Hyde Park: Interesting Incidents in the 1700s - #HydePark was established by Henry VIII in 1536 and opened to the public in 1637 where it quickly became popular. Major improvements to the park ... https://t.co/XSvCqZQTj6 #EngHist #18thcentury
Born #OnThisDay 29Sep1810 Elizabeth Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and shorty story writer. Here is an 1832 miniature of her by William John Thomson. #ElizabethGaskell #EngHist
The Postman: Short History of the Delivery of Mail - An exchange of messages occurred long before the idea of a postman or postal mail service began. The first messages delivered were in ... https://t.co/AgVVVBX4yu #MongdayBlogs #EngHist #postman
Onion Pie Murder in 1852 by Sarah Ann French - 1852, the Onion Pie Murder occurred. The case involved Sarah Ann Piper who married William French on 14 September 1844 in Hellingly, Sussex ... https://t.co/bYx9WltTlP #19thcentury #EngHist #TrueCrime
Onion Pie Murder in 1852 by Sarah Ann French - 1852, the Onion Pie Murder occurred. The case involved Sarah Ann Piper who married William French on 14 September 1844 in Hellingly, Sussex ... https://t.co/oBla9b4yhf #19thcentury #EngHist #TrueCrime
Mary Pearcey and the Hampstead Murders - #MaryPearcey was born Mary “Nellie” Eleanor Wheeler in 1866 and was convicted of what became known as the Hampstead Murders.* These killings happened ... https://t.co/zaT1nh5ppB #MondayBlogs #EngHist
#GeorgianEra Executions: What They Were Really Like - In 1800, one person wrote that “a month doth not pass over in England without repeated #executions; and there is scarcely a vagabond to be met with in the country who has not seen ... #EngHist
Wyld’s Great Globe: A 1850s and 1860s London Attraction - Wyld’s Great Globe, also known as Wyld’s Globe or Wyld’s Monster Globe, was a world globe that served as an attraction in London’s ... https://t.co/qsQPL7CECP #MondayBlogs #WyldsGlobe #EngHist
Ann Moore: The Impostor and Fasting-Woman of Tutbury - #AnnMoore became famous as the “fasting-woman of Tutbury.” That was because she claimed that from 1807 to 1813, she ate nothing at all. Of course, ... https://t.co/EgDnQnxcKo #EngHist #19thcentury
May Day 1876 and the Coach from Oxford to London - A new stagecoach commenced running between Oxford and London in 1876, which was the same year that ... https://t.co/tamGFrzfJQ #MayDay #19thcentury #EngHist
The Dangers of Eating Buns: A Delicious Delicacy - Although there were dangers in the #VictorianEra and #GeorgianEra, some people claimed there were dangers in eating buns, at least that was what some newspapers ... https://t.co/98nnWwg5Cn #EngHist
Princess Charlotte of Wales: A Most Unusual Princess - #PrincessCharlotte Augusta of Wales was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV) and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte’s parents ... https://t.co/tMpQYjaQR5 #EngHist
Husband-Wives and the Gay Life in #GeorgianEngland - Husband-wives or females husbands were described as “two women who lived together by mutual consent as man and wife.”[1] Husband-wives ... https://t.co/2E9QvMXLgJ #EngHist #wwwblogs
![18thCand19thC's tweet photo. Husband-Wives and the Gay Life in #GeorgianEngland - Husband-wives or females husbands were described as “two women who lived together by mutual consent as man and wife.”[1] Husband-wives ... https://t.co/2E9QvMXLgJ #EngHist #wwwblogs https://t.co/VofGx4Cbs6](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQPv7MCWUAcp8sY.jpg)
Jane Austen the Novelist: 25 Facts You Might Not Know - There may be some things about #JaneAusten the novelist that you might not know. To help get you up to speed here are twenty-five facts about her. ... https://t.co/8fxTVzmXgi #EngHist #author
The Queen’s Ass: An Exotic Zebra of the 1700s - In July of 1762 a Zebra arrived in England as a wedding gift for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and would be known as the Queen’s Ass. The striped beast ... https://t.co/C71u9r9Ni7 #EngHist #18thcentury
The French Conjuror Val in England in the 1800s - The French #conjuror Val made his first appearance in London in the spring of 1803 at Willis’s Rooms, charging an admission of seven shillings. Val, like ... https://t.co/VG2oELfXFM #EngHist #19thcentury
Maneuvering London’s Streets in the #RegencyEra - Maneuvering London’s streets in the Regency Era was a nightmare and, at points, nearly impossible to traverse. Part of the issue had to do with a population of more than ... https://t.co/CI08f1k5Ei #London #EngHist
Justice John Byles: Some of His Interesting Court Cases - Justice #JohnByles studied law in Britain in the 1820s and 30s and became a member of the Inner Temple, a professional body that provides legal training, ... https://t.co/P7vqEwStmj #19thcentury #EngHist
Basildon Park: Its History in the 1700s and 1800s - The Fane family owned #BasildonPark when Sir Francis Skyes, 1st Baronet purchased it in the 1700s. Sykes had money to buy it because he had joined the ... https://t.co/Feme1Erl4p #SundayBlogShare #EngHist
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