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Jane Austen’s House Museum

Museum

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Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life, during which time she wrote, revised and made ready to be published all six of her novels, and the fragment Sanditon. Jane Austen’s House Museum is situated 3,100 feet east of New Cottages.

Chawton House

Library

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Chawton House is a Grade II* listed manor house in Hampshire on the South side of Chawton village, and the present building was started in 1580. In the late 18th century it belonged to Edward Austen Knight, a wealthy brother of the novelist Jane Austen. Chawton House is situated 3,800 feet southeast of New Cottages.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

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Church of St Nicholas is situated 3,500 feet southeast of New Cottages.

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Wivelrod

Hamlet

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Wivelrod is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England. The nearest town is Alton, about 2.8 miles to the east. At a spot height of 712 feet, it is one of the highest settlements in Hampshire. Wivelrod is situated 1½ miles west of New Cottages.

Alton

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Alton is a town in Hampshire, surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.

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