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Graves of William Blake & Daniel Defoe, Bunhill Fields, London

London is the last resting place of many famous writers, including William Blake and Daniel Defoe. You’ll find them in the ancient burial ground at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground in Islington. London has many old burial grounds. The ever-expanding city… Continue Reading →

The Grave of T.E. Lawrence – St Nichola’s Church, Moreton, Dorset

You can find T.E. Lawrence’s grave in the small village of Moreton in Dorset, not too far from Clouds Hill, the country retreat he was living in when he died. His death was tragic. An avid fan of motorcycles, T.E…. Continue Reading →

The Tomb (and Heart) of Thomas Hardy – St Michael’s Church, Dorset

Thomas Hardy was a world-renowned writer with deep connections to Dorset, although his books were set in the fictional county of Wessex, inhabited by the rural country folk he’d grown up with. And while his ashes may lie in Westminster… Continue Reading →

Jane Austen’s “Great House” – Chawton House, UK

If you mention Chawton to any Jane Austen fan, they will immediately think of her home, an unassuming cottage in the village. But in this post we visit Chawton House, the home of Jane’s brother Edward. Sited just down the… Continue Reading →

Hill Top, Beatrix Potter’s House, UK

Beatrix Potter is one of the most successful children’s writers of all time. She was also into conservation, science, and illustration. There’s plenty already written about Potter’s life, so I won’t try and shove it all in this blog post…. Continue Reading →

A Formidable Presence – Rebecca West’s Grave, Brookwood Cemetery

Born Cicily Isabel Fairfax in 1892, Rebecca West was a writer, literary critic, and journalist, named “indisputably the world’s number one woman writer” by Time magazine in 1947. Both a CBE and DBE, she died in 1983. You’ll find Rebecca West’s… Continue Reading →

More Than A War Poet – Siegfried Sassoon’s Grave, Somerset, UK

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyeWho cheer when soldier lads march by,Sneak home and pray you’ll never knowThe hell where youth and laughter go.” Suicide in Trenches, Siegfried Sassoon You’ll find the Siegfried Sassoon’s grave in the lovely small Somerset… Continue Reading →

Sir John Betjeman’s Grave, St Enodoc Church, Cornwall

St Enodoc Church hunkers down in the sand dunes at Trebetherwick, surrounded by a golf course. It’s not the usual spot for a place of worship, and the building itself is also a curiousity. This unusual spot might be reason… Continue Reading →

A Visit to Lord Tennysons House, Isle of Wight, UK

Five years ago, I wrote a blog about stumbling upon Farringford, the home famous Victorian writer Lord Alfred Tennyson. Back then the house was a hotel with extra self-catering properties. Since then the house and grounds have been restored back… Continue Reading →

Jane Austen’s Birthplace, Steventon,UK

I know what you’re going say about the photograph below. “That is not Jane Austen’s birthplace, Wordlander. That…is a field.” And yes it is indeed a field. Because unfortunately, they demolished the original rectory of Steventon, Jane Austen’s birthplace, in… Continue Reading →

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