Victorian History

The Victorian Era is often seen as a period of great progress and certainly material developments continued through the Queen's reign. P...

Christmas, as we know it today, is very much a product of nineteenth century England and particularly the Victorian era. Certainly Victoria...

The primary means of transportation, particularly for the lower and labouring classes during the bulk of Victoria’s reign, was walking. “To...

One of the most popular forms of English amusement throughout the Nineteenth Century was the Punch and Judy show. Punch, an evil, hooknosed,...

There is a tendency to believe that education came to England with the 1870 Education Act. In fact, the state had been involved since at lea...