Greta Hall/ Greeta Hall
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.
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.
The city home of Isaac Corry, Southey’s employer in 1801–1802.
The residence of Southeys’ parents, given up in early 1793 after the death of his father in December 1792.
Southey visited the Irish capital for about 10 days in October 1801 at the beginning of his employment as secretary to Isaac Corry.
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.
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.