Transportation during the Regency
There were no 'planes, trains or automobiles' in Regency days so the vast majority of the populace walked to their destinations.
But the ingenious were always developing new methods of transporation.
But the ingenious were always developing new methods of transporation.
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A 'Bath' or invalid chair, forerunner of our modern wheelchair |
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| A 'sedan chair' carried by two 'chairmen' -- an already venerable transportation method in the Regency | |
The 'hobby horse' or velocipede was a brand-new invention of the Regency: |
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However, the horse, and the myriad of carts, coaches and carriages that it could pull, was the main mode of transportation. |
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The two coaches above are both Austrian. The Landau on the left dates from 1825; the Phaeton on the right is earlier dated to 1815 There are few Regency coaches extant. There were major changes in coach design in the mid-1800's and older coaches were rapidly discarded or altered to meet the new, more comfortable designs. |
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A curricle |
A phaeton (detail from a Stubbs painting) |
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A bretcha |
A landaulet |
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A light phaeton |
A travelling chariot |
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A coach and six |
A post chaise |
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A variety of carts, gigs, tilburies and whiskies were becoming available. Here on the left, a cocking cart, and on the right a curate-cart |
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| And of course change was in the air. The future was fast approaching... | |
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