Jane Austen's Chawton, Hampshire - full tour - including Jane Austen's House and Chawton House

Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps – A walking tour around the scenic village of Chawton in Hampshire, where Jane spent the final and most productive years of her life as a writer.
Jane Austen is one of England’s greatest writers, her novels are appreciated around the world and frequently adapted for film and tv.

Jane, her sister Cassandra and mother moved to Chawton in 1809, a tranquil Hampshire English village. What was life like for Jane Austen and the Austen ladies while they lived in Chawton? Who were the Austen ladies’ neighbours? What happened to Cassandra and Mrs Austen? I attempt to answer these questions and more during the walk. My film takes you on a walking tour around this delightful English village and will show you the key places to visit, starting at Chawton Great House and passes through Chawton village, walking to the French Horn Inn, visiting Jane Austen’s Cottage on the way. On the way back we walk along Mounters Lane mentioned in her letters. You can use the Jane Austen Chawton Trail map produced by the Alton Chamber of Commerce for reference: http://www.janeaustentrail.org.uk/

Key Chapters:
0:00 Titles
1:22 Chawton House
3:41 St Nicholas Church
5:05 Chawton Village
7:56 Jane Austen’s House
11:36 Cassandra’s Cup
12:35 Clinkers
14:20 Prowtings
16:40 Alphonsus House
20:37 French Horn
22:00 Mounters Lane
28:00 Thatch Cottage
29:10 Jane’s Final Days
31:34 Cassandra and Mrs Austen’s graves

Useful Information-
Jane Austen’s House Museum Winchester Road, Chawton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD. The museum is open 7 days a week February – December. Open 10 – 5pm June to August. 10.30am – 4.30pm the rest of the year.

Chawton House is a must see place to visit for fans of Jane Austen. The house, garden, exhibition and tea room are open 7 days a week , check the website for details. Chawton House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SJ.

Places to eat: Cassandra’s Cup for lunch and afternoon tea; The Greyfriar pub or food and refreshments in the courtyard at Chawton House.

Car Parking- There is on-street parking available in Chawton or designated car parks opposite Jane Austen’s Cottage and Chawton Great House.

Tour route distance in film= 3 1/2 miles approx.

Music credits: Great Writers Intro If You Close Your Eyes I Am Still With You by Late Night Feeler courtesy of You Tube Audio Library Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music featured in the film courtesy of Epidemic Sounds in order of appearance: https://www.epidemicsound.com Chariots by Gavin Luke, Ava by Kasper Schill, The Gift of Giving by Howard Harper Barnes, Building Something Together by Eden Avery, Candlelight Theme by Trevor Kowalski, Insight by Megan Wofford, Night Walk by Gavin Luke, Our First Home by Eden Avery, Prescient by Howard Harper-Barnes, To Fall Again by Anna Landstrom, Impressions of you by Gavin Luke, Summer Memories by Gavin Luke and Astral Roar by Lama House.

Dancers – Hampshire Regency Dancers https://www.hrd.org.uk/

Google maps courtesy of Google.

Picture credits:Jane Austen by based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra - Noel Collection Duyckinick, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women in Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1873.University of Texas Library: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/exhibits/po..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ,Edward Austen Unknown author - Hill, Constance. Jane Austen: Her Homes & Her Friends. Great Britain: Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd., 1901. Also in Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: A Family Record. 2nd. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pg. 82., Public Domain, prince regent Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Henry Bone, Cassandra by By Unknown author - Pemberley.com and Jane Austen Centre, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...,
Frank Austen By Unknown author - The Jane Austen Centre; Also in Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: A Family Record. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pg. 82., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index..., Henry Austen By Unknown author - Jane Austen's brothers at the Jane Austen Centre; Also in Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: A Family Record. 2nd. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, pg. 82., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Novel illustrations courtesy of British Library.

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