Warcop/ Warcop Hall, near Brough
A farm rented by Tom Southey and his family from early 1816 until their move to Emerald Bank on 25 March 1819.
A farm rented by Tom Southey and his family from early 1816 until their move to Emerald Bank on 25 March 1819.
Lake to the east of Keswick, on the shores of which Thomas Clarkson and his wife lived until 1806.
The home of Southey’s friend Mrs Elizabeth Dolignon and her sisters the Misses Delamere. Southey spent much time there when he was at Westminster school and stayed at Theobalds after his expulsion from Westminster in April 1792.
Estate in Penkridge, Staffordshire, owned by Sir Edward Littleton. It was the home of Mary Barker, his companion. After Littleton’s death in 1812, Barker moved to Keswick, where she lived until 1817.
John May’s London address from 1817, when it was left to him in his aunt’s will.
Home from 1810 of Southey’s uncle Herbert Hill, his wife and children. Southey and his family were frequent visitors when in London.
The home of Southey and his family from late January until late May 1802.
The village of Nether Stowey in Somerset. Home of Tom Poole, who found a cottage there for the Coleridge family between 1797 and 1799. Southey visited in August 1799, after his reconciliation with Coleridge.
Area of Bristol, north of the city centre. Southey lived there March–April 1800.
Herefordshire village. Southey’s uncle Herbert Hill had been presented to the living there in 1790 by John Hampden-Trevor (1748–1824). Hill was an absentee Vicar and only took up residence in the parish in 1807 on his return from Portugal after the French invasion. He resigned in 1810 when appointed to the living at Streatham.