Dublin

Southey visited the Irish capital for about 10 days in October 1801 at the beginning of his employment as secretary to Isaac Corry.

Cottles

Joseph Cottle’s bookshop in Bristol. This was at 48 High St from April 1791 to March 1798. Cottle then moved to 5 Wine St until financial troubles forced him to close his business in July 1799.

College Green, Bristol

The home of Southey’s aunt, Elizabeth Tyler. He spent several years of his childhood living there and often returned in 1792-1794. In October 1794 Miss Tyler threw Southey out of the house when she learned of his relationship with Edith Fricker and involvement in Pantisocracy.

Cintra [Sintra]

Town in Portugal. Southey’s uncle, Herbert Hill, kept a summer home there. Southey visited the house in June–October 1800, calling it ‘a spot the most delightful I have ever yet known’.

Christ Church

Town, just along the coast from Burton, Hampshire. Southey stayed there briefly in June 1797 and again in October 1799, while supervising renovations to the house he was renting at Burton.