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In pictures: Austen fans don their Regency finery

Baby, man and woman in Regency dress wearing bonnets and top hat at a Jane Austen celebration.
Horse pulling cart with man driving and woman in regency dress sat in the buggy.
Many fair goers dressed up in their finest Regency outfits for the celebrations.
The village field was turned into a classical countryside scene for the fair.

The village where Jane Austen was born 250 years ago has staged a fair to celebrate.

The Jane Austen Country Fair in Steventon, Hampshire, boasted maypole dancing, arts and crafts and themed talks and performances.

Many broke out their finest Regency-era dress to celebrate the milestone in style.

The fair was the centrepiece of a year of celebrations in Steventon, which will conclude with a thanksgiving service at St Nicholas Church on 16 December, Austen's birth date.

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