A year in Chawton - January
Jeremy Knight, Edward Austen’s 3rd great grandson, lived at Chawton House for over 40 years, while it was still the ancestral home of the Austen Knight family. In this article, Jeremy shares his memories of January in Chawton.
"We always saw in the New Year with friends, often with a dinner party at Chawton House. The house had been decorated with decorations for Christmas, which we would take down by Twelfth Night, the 6th January.
My wife, Carol, with our children, Paul and Caroline, in th...
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Caroline, the last Austen to grow up in Chawton, where her fifth great-aunt lived and wrote, shares her extraordinary connection to the legendary author.
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