Boathouses & Rowing Clubs in the 18th Century
Should a gentleman invite me for a row on the lake, I shall reply with an enthusiastic, albeit respectable, affirmative.
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Entailments
Just how does an entailment work, and can it be broken?
- 3 min
Ladies' Accomplishments in the 18th Century
How might we determine at a soiree if a lady is truly accomplished?
- 3 min
Midwifery Herbs of the 18th Century and Beyond
When herbs were the best available medicine, how did midwives treat patients?
- 3 min
Bamburgh Castle: A Unique Hospital in the 18th Century
Where might you go if you you needed a smallpox inoculation?
- 3 min
Midwifery of the 18th Century
Before hospital births, what was a mother-to-be to do?
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Foundling Hospitals & Women's Homes in the 18th Century: Noach Cottage Inspiration
Supposing you're destitute after being turned out of the house: where might you go for aid?