Full Ahead Lecture Season: Jane Austen and her South West Connections
03 April 2025 03 April 2025When: 03 April 2025
Where: Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham
Time: 1100 - 1230
Cost: Yes, £5 payable on the door
Suitable for: Not suitable for children
Jane Austen and her South West Connections
Presented by Hazel Jones, Secretary of the Jane Austen Society (S.W.)
2025 marks the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. The lecture will feature contemporary maps and other early nineteenth century travellers impressions to illustrate the places she visited and to reveal the locations she might have drawn on for the names of her fictional houses and villages.
Entry: £5 on the door
Thursday April 3rd at 11.00. Doors open at 10.30.
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