Chawton
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Chawton is a small village in Hampshire, England, near Alton. In 2000 it had a population of around 380 and it is administered by East Hampshire District Council.
[edit] Jane Austen
Jane Austen lived here in Chawton Cottage with her mother and sister, Cassandra, from 1809 until May 1817, when because of illness she moved to Winchester to be near her physician. She died there on 18 July 1817.
Austen wrote many of her books in Chawton, and her house is now a museum. Among the items of furniture are a Clementi pianoforte (about 1810) and a Hepplewhite bureau-bookcase containing several of her works.[1]
By the start of the twentieth century the house was tenanted by a workman's club. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Wyatt, Sue (ed.) (1997), The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight, Altrincham, Cheshire: M & M Publishing Ltd.
- ^ Home, Gordon (1908), What to see in England: a guide to places of historic interest, natural beauty, or literary association, London: Adam & Charles Black.
