Temperance activists argued that "the people" should have a say in how many alcohol sellers could serve a given neighborhood.

The Victorian era of England describes the period of time between ... many bakers began to add things like plaster of Paris, ...

Making presents was a sign of love and care in Victorian Britain, and gifts often took the full calendar year to finish. This keepsake box is made using a popular Victorian technique, papier mache ...

Christopher Pittard receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the British Academy. Charles Dickens is often mistakenly credited with inventing modern Christmas.

Bird wrote of that adventure: "I screamed and wept, rendered speechless at seeing the most unutterable of wonderful things ... of Victorian society. "Back in entitled England there were rules ...

Named for the famous 19th-century queen, this classic style of residential architecture has transcended her reign ...

So you want to know about crime and punishment do ya? Well, here’s just a few things you can get a prison sentence for in Victorian England… Nicking a cucumber… In court, they don’t think ...

TROY, N.Y. — The Victorian Stroll and its accouterment will ... “Not to be dismissive of all the other wonderful things but that’s how important it is to the lifeline of our small businesses.” ...

As Kris Butler explains in his copiously illustrated Drink Maps in Victorian Britain, those magistrates were empowered by a judicial determination that pubs and other alcohol vendors had no ...