Elizabeth Gaskell’s Home in Hampshire, Part 2 – The Lawn, Holybourne
…in a very pretty garden Historic England describes The Lawn as an early nineteenth-century, two storey building. In 1829 it was occupied by William Barlow who owned several properties in Holybourne. Ten years later, William Barlow was dead, and in 1852 The
Read more »NEW podcast from Bonnets at Dawn about Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
https://youtu.be/1OoqizhOyDA Join Hannah and Lauren (aka Bonnets at Dawn) for the first Podcast in their new Literary Houses Mini-Series. Featuring an update from the House Manager, Sally, on our plans for 2020. N.B - the interview with Sally took place at the
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Home in Hampshire, Part 1
a little country house for Papa to “retire” to... One question that volunteers are regularly asked by visitors to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is, ‘Where did Elizabeth Gaskell die?’. The answer is Hampshire; at a small village called Holybourne, situated not too far
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Children – Part 5, Julia
witty and wild and clever and droll, the pet of the house Julia Bradford Gaskell 1846-1908 Julia Bradford Gaskell was born in September 1846, the year after her brother William died and while the family was still living at 121, Upper Rumford
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Children – Part 4, William
so affectionate and reasonable a baby I never saw William Gaskell 1844 to 1845 Somewhere between 1838 and 1841, Elizabeth gave birth to another child, a boy, making it her fourth pregnancy since her marriage in 1832. In March 1856 she writes
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