A year in Chawton - June

Jeremy Knight (Edward Austen's third great grandson), shares his memories of over forty years living at Chawton House on the ancestral estate where Jane Austen herself lived and wrote, with the month of June.

“When I was a boy I would normally be away at school in June and miss the seasonal changes. I looked forward to July when term would end and I could go home for the summer holidays.

   Chawton House in June

Chawton House in June

 

As an adult with my own young family at Chawton House we went camping at the begin...

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