Burton
Village in Hampshire, where Southey stayed in June–September 1797. He returned in October–November 1799 and rented a
house found for him by his friend Charles Biddlecombe.
Village in Hampshire, where Southey stayed in June–September 1797. He returned in October–November 1799 and rented a
house found for him by his friend Charles Biddlecombe.
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.
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’.
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.
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.