In pictures: Austen fans don their Regency finery

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 7, Baby, man and woman in Regency dress wearing bonnets and top hat at a Jane Austen celebration., Many fair goers dressed up in their finest Regency outfits for the celebrations.
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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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