Home of George Maber, who was the local Rector. Southey visited him on October 1798 on his walking tour of South Wales with Charles Danvers.

Southey’s name for the house in Westbury, near Bristol, which he rented June 1798–June 1799.

The home of Southey’s school friend Charles Collins.

House in the Vale of Neath, near Swansea, that Southey attempted – but failed – to rent in autumn 1802.

Large landed estate close to Penrith. It was the ancestral home of the Lowthers, later Earls of Lonsdale. At its heart was Lowther Castle, built after 1802 by William, Earl of Lonsdale. The Earl and his wife were patrons of the arts, and Southey was their guest on several occasions. In 1823 he published ‘Lines Written in Lady Lonsdale’s Album’.

An inn on the shore of Windermere.

Situated at the north end of Lake Windermere; from 1800–1815 it was the home of Charles and Priscilla Lloyd. Southey and his family visited them there.

A waterfall close to Derwentwater and downstream from Watendlath. It was the subject of Southey’s ‘The Cataract of Lodore’, originally composed for his children and first published in 1823.

An estate close to the Welsh-English border, which centred on the ruins of an Augustinian priory. Southey visited in October 1798 on his walking tour of South Wales with Charles Danvers. In 1807 Walter Savage Landor purchased it. He attempted to create a model estate, planting trees, importing merino sheep and improving the roads. His visitors included Southey. A series of disputes with his neighbours, including his tenant Charles Betham, whom Southey had recommended to him, and mounting financial problems led Landor to depart for the continent in early 1814.

Southey’s lodgings in London, December 1797–February 1798.