The Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster

The Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster Join 'Johnny' Eccleston, a coachman from 1803, on a walking tour of Lancaster. Place of birth: Dirty Lane, Haymarket Theatre, London.

Name: Johnny Eccleston
Occupation: Coachman of the 'Perseverance.'
Status: Bachelor
Date of birth: 09/12/1770, illegitimate. Parents: Unknown
Religion: Agnostic
Spouse: None
Children: Many
Current residence: Pitt Street, Lancaster since 1800.

Do you follow any of our pages? If not, then why not? Here's a breakdown of the other experiences that we offer...
06/06/2026

Do you follow any of our pages? If not, then why not? Here's a breakdown of the other experiences that we offer:

For those of you that like costumed, historical tours, set around particular time periods, that use replicas and character roleplay to create immersive experiences, then why not follow Myles Mason on The Tudor & Stuart Tour of Chester or his descendent Johnny Eccleston on The Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster?
*Ideal for historical enthusiasts and academics

For those in search of light-hearted, whistle-stop, general history tours with a variety of costumed, historical characters and interactive audience participation activities, why not follow Live History Time Travel Tours for the chance to befriend gladiators, poets, stonemasons, glovers, pawnbrokers and undertakers from the past?
*Ideal for families and first-time visitors

For those of you that want to do your own self-guided tour (complete with atmospheric music, sound effects, voice actors and, in some cases, historical photographs) at your own pace, with the ability to stop and start it whenever you feel like it, why not follow Live History Audio Tours for the chance to meet real historical characters when time travelling or to solve historical murder mysteries?
*Ideal for casual tourists and neurodivergent visitors

For those with a wicked sense of humour and an interest in dark tourism, why not follow our non-costumed, specialist adult-themed Live History Filthy & Spooky Tours?
*Ideal for stag parties and hen dos

For those seeking informative heritage events, seasonal grottos or immersive theatrical shows, why not follow Live History Staged to get the latest on our events?

See? There is something for everyone! Just visit www.livehistory.co.uk for more details.

Our recommendation to you: if you can handle Johnny Eccleston's sinful nature, then follow Live History Filthy & Spooky Tours for an exploration of Chester's unsanitary past that daytime tours try and ignore?

We've had a busy day featuring four tours, special thanks to the Chester Heritage Festival. Next week, on Friday 12th Ju...
05/06/2026

We've had a busy day featuring four tours, special thanks to the Chester Heritage Festival.

Next week, on Friday 12th June, it will be Lancaster Day - a special day, full of heritage events, celebrating the granting of the town's charter, where there will be public Lancaster Time Travel Tours with the city's resident viking, Skald-Ratatoskr!

This month, we will also be announcing the third city that we will be launching Time Travel Tours in this autumn.

Please visit our website www.livehistory.co.uk for more details on the heritage work that we do.

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04/06/2026

What's on in Chester city centre on Friday 5th June 2026?

11am: starting outside Picturehouse, Exchange Square will be a Chester Time Travel Tour (60 mins) with a viking, courtesy of the Chester Heritage Festival (tickets can be purchased from here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/time-travel-tour-of-chester-tickets-1988638413026?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)

2pm: starting outside the Visitor Information Centre, Northgate Street, where tickets can be purchased for the Tudor & Stuart Tour of Chester (90 mins).

6pm: starting outside the Visitor Information Centre, Northgate Street, where tickets can be purchased for the Filthy Chester Tour (60 mins).

7.30pm: starting outside Picturehouse, Exchange Square will be a Chester Time Travel Tour (60 mins) with a viking, courtesy of the Chester Heritage Festival (tickets can be purchased from here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/filthy-chester-a-guided-tour-tickets-1988459085653?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)

Experience the past with Live History!

What's on in May and June 2026? After Tuesday 19th May, Live History will be taking a holiday. For any queries between t...
15/05/2026

What's on in May and June 2026?

After Tuesday 19th May, Live History will be taking a holiday.

For any queries between then and Friday 5th June, please contact us via the contact form on our website: www.livehistory.co.uk

From 5th June onwards, Live History will be fully contactable again and we will once more be taking private bookings for the Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster as well as Lancaster Live History Time Travel Tours (formerly Lancaster Family Tours) through our website: www.livehistory.co.uk.

On Friday 12th June, it will be Lancaster Day - a special day, full of heritage events, celebrating the granting of the town's charter.

As part of this, there will be public Lancaster Time Travel Tours with the city's resident viking, Skald-Ratatoskr!

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12/05/2026

Don't miss the opportunity to visit a genuine eighteenth century chapel of ease! The next open day for St John the Evangelist's Church is this Saturday - check out their website for more details: https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-churches/lancasterfunding

Before restoration work began, Georgian & Regency Tours of Lancaster have also been fortunate in the past to have been allowed access inside this remarkable building.

Georgian Tours will return on Saturday 25th July at 11am & 1pm with Lancaster's dodgiest of coachman, Johnny Eccleston!

Visit our website for more details and to book tickets: https://livehistory.co.uk/georgian-and-regency-tour-lancaster/

Support local history and businesses for the chance to experience the past!



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10/05/2026

Johnny Eccleston returns to Lancaster on Saturday 25th July in time for the summer! An immersive, character role-play experience from a professional historian and actor that sends you back to the year 1803 for stories of hangings, Jacobites and the deadly triangular trade, using replicas and original artefacts to bring the past to life. Book the coachman of ill repute for a Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster now at www.livehistory.co.uk to avoid disappointment. Lancaster and Morecambe Bay Lancaster BID Lancaster University Lancaster Grand Lancaster Businesses

We have come a long way since starting out as Historiographers Heritage back in 2022 with The Tudor & Stuart Tour of Che...
09/05/2026

We have come a long way since starting out as Historiographers Heritage back in 2022 with The Tudor & Stuart Tour of Chester. Since then, we briefly became 'Love History? So Do We!' before settling on 'Live History', branching out into Live History Audio Tours, Live History Time Travel Tours, Live History Filthy & Spooky Tours and Live History Staged. This December, the coachman of ill repute (Johnny Eccleston) will be celebrating four years of the Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster in a special way. They are also rumours that his ancestor will be appearing in a new city for the first time. Watch this space.

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