17221. Hawkshead, Wordsworth's Lodgings (1902-1917)
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Postcard. Postally unused. Published by http://www.metropostcard.com/publisherss2.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Stengel & Co., Dresden, Germany. Bought from an eBay seller in Kent, United Kingdom. Location: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=54.374489,+-2.998538&ie=UTF8&ll=54.374839,-2.999716&spn=0.001447,0.003449&z=18&layer=c&cbll=54.374839,-2.999716&panoid=wBxxGrmuJSe9X3GhHqwbBg&cbp=12,328.86,,0,3.85" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Google Maps Street View The poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_William_Wordsworth" rel="noreferrer nofollow">William Wordsworth was educated in the grammar school at Hawkshead (now a http://www.hawksheadgrammar.org.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">museum), which he evoked in the first books of "The Prelude" - http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2358.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book 1: Childhood and School-time and http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2359.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book 2: School-time. He lodged in http://www.anntysons.co.uk/accommodationpic.cfm?pic=main_cottage" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Ann Tyson's cottage, which still exists and operates as a B&B. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkshead" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkshead Undated, but between 1902 (http://www.metropostcard.com/card09postdivided.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">when divided backs were first introduced in the United Kingdom) and 1917 (http://www.metropostcard.com/publisherss2.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">when Stengel & Co. closed down). -
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Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47201412@N02/5706470409/
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 4 months ago
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Picture Taken: 1910-01-01T00:00:00 -
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