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.

Southey lived there December 1799–February 1800, close to Charles Danvers.

Market town in the Lake District. From 1800, the home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his family. Southey and his wife visited in August 1801 and made it their permanent residence from September 1803.

The London home of the Hispanist Lord Holland, and a centre for Whig political, social and cultural life.

House on the outskirts of Keswick. From 1800, the home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his family. Southey and his wife visited in August 1801 and made it their permanent residence from September 1803.

Southey sought to qualify as a barrister between 1797 and 1801. This required him to register at one of the Inns of Court and occasionally attend formal dinners there. Southey chose Grays Inn, at the intersection of High Holborn and Grays Inn Road.

Home of William Wordsworth and his family, from December 1799 to May 1808.

Ruined abbey to the southwest of the Lakes; much admired by Southey and Wordsworth.

The house rented by Tom Southey and his family in 1819. It was in Newlands, a valley running southwest from Greta Hall to Buttermere. Southey was a frequent visitor and enjoyed swimming in the beck near Tom’s home.