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.

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.

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.

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.

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.