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Hello and welcome to my home.

I'm Elisabeth Prescott Ashton, and I want to thank you for allowing me to be your host on this journey back in time to 1876.

With some help from my family and our staff, we will show you how a middle-class Victorian family lives; how we decorate our homes, entertain, and play. You will have a chance to go shopping and learn about the "proper Victorian way". And, as a special treat, you'll have the opportunity to spend a traditional Victorian Christmas with us.

We've added another section to Victorian Etiquette on Letter Writing. We hope you enjoy it. Another addition is to Victorian Theatre in the Overview Section with a brief discussion on some of the more popular theatres during the period.

We're going to borrow a little 20th century technology. Some areas in this site are flash-enabled utilizing the Macromedia Flashplayer plug-in. If you don't have it, there's no need to download it as there are corresponding HTML pages for these items.  Should you, however, choose to install the plug-in on your computer, you may download it here.

My family and I hope you enjoy your stay, and that you will tell your friends about us.

Now, shall we begin?

The Family Gallery	Servants Parlour
Tour Our Home	A Typical Day
Victorian Etiquette	Shopping Trip
Christmas	Fun and Games
Awards	The Ashton Library
Period Overview	Victorian Wedding
Ashton Guest Registry	Honorary Victorian
Walking Tours	Bibliography
The Season

The majority of this site (96.3%) complies to the W3C's 4.01 HTML Strict and CSS standards as well as Section 508 accessibility. The 6 pages out of over 160 that don't comply contain scripts written by others over which we have no control.

If you find yourself with some extra time, please visit my non-Victorian site:
Betty's Family Fun Place

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