An inn on the shore of Windermere.

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’.

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

The home of Southey’s school friend Charles Collins.

A house rented by Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and George Burnett in January-August 1795.

The home of Mary Barker. Southey and his wife stopped there on their way to Keswick in August 1803, a journey precipitated by the death of their only child Margaret.

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.

Small town in Powys. Southey visited it in October 1798 on his walking tour of South Wales with Charles Danvers.

The ancient parish church for Keswick, and located very close to Greta Hall. It became the burial place of several members of the Southey family.

The home of Southey’s old friend Charles Danvers and his mother. Used by Southey as a postal address on his return to Bristol from Portugal in 1801.