I am hugely indebted to the countless scholars who have written before me on the topics of Jane Austen, her family and friends, and life in Georgian England. Here are the sources I used to write The Austens of Bath. 

 

LETTERS AND MEMOIRS OF THE AUSTEN FAMILY

Austen Leigh, J.E. (2017) A Memoir of Jane Austen - Illustrated & Annotated. A 200^th Anniversary Edition. Kent: Solis Press.

Austen Leigh, R.A. (1942) Austen Papers 1704-1856. Colchester: Privately printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.

Hughes-Hallett (2019) The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen. London: Batsford.

Le Faye, D. (2011) Jane Austen’s Letters – Fourth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

ANCESTRAL RECORDS

Le Faye, D. (2013) A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

www.ancestry.co.uk  - for birth, marriage and death certificates and family records.

www.findagrave.com – for burial records

Corder, J. (1953) Akin to Jane: Jane Austen’s Family Index of Names and Lists (Edited and expanded by R. Dunning, 2012) Available at: https://www.janeaustensfamily.co.uk/akin-to-jane/akin-to-jane.index.html

BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE AUSTEN FAMILY

Ashton, H. (1987) Parson Austen’s Daughter. London: Collins.

Austen-Leigh, W., Austen-Leigh R.A. and Le Faye D. (1989) Jane Austen: A Family Record. London: The British Library.

Byrne, P.B. (2014) The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things. London: William Collins Books.

Caplan, C. (1998) Jane Austen’s Banker Brother: Henry Thomas Austen of Austen & Co., 1801-1816. Persuasions No. 20: Jane Austen Society of North America.

Caplan, C. (2010) The Missteps and Misdeeds of Henry Austen’s Bank in Jane Austen Society Annual Report 2010. Available at: https://archive.org/details/austencollreport_2010/page/n103/mode/2up

Chapman, R.W. (1948) Jane Austen Facts and Problems: The Clark Lectures. Oxford: The University Press.

Hubback, J.H. & E.C. (1905) Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers. London: Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.

Jane Austen Blog (2022) A Closer Look at Catherine Knight. Available at: https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/extended-reading/a-closer-look-at-catherine-knight

Johnson Kindred, S. (2017) Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen. Canada: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Lane, M. (1984) Jane Austen’s Family: Through Five Generations. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

Nokes, D. (1997) Jane Austen A Life. California: University of California Press.

Robinson Walker, L. (2005) Why was Jane Austen Sent away to School at Seven? An Empirical Look at a Vexing Question in Persuasions on-line, V.26, No.1 (Winter 2005) Jane Austen Society of North America. Available at: https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol26no1/walker.htm

The Open University (2015) Austen and Romantic Writing (Chapters 4-7). Milton Keynes: The Open University.

Todd, J. (2013) The Treasures of Jane Austen: The Story of her Life and Work. London: SevenOaks.

Tomalin, C. (2000) Jane Austen A Life. London: Penguin Books Ltd.

Tucker, G.H. (1983) A Goodly Heritage. Manchester: Carcanet New Press

Tucker, G.H. (1994) Jane Austen: The Woman. New York: St Martin’s Griffin.

Veevers, M. (2017) Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility. Scotland: Sandstone Press.

Wilson, M. (1990) Almost Another Sister. The family life of Fanny Knight, Jane Austen’s favourite niece. Kent: Kent Arts and Libraries.

Worsley, L. (2017) Jane Austen at Home. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.

WRITTEN WORKS OF THE AUSTEN FAMILY

Douglas Editions. (2009) The Complete Works of Jane Austen: with extras (including Commentary, Plot Summary Guides and Biography). Kindle Edition.

Internet Archive (2023) The Austen Family Music Books. Available at: https://archive.org/details/austenfamilymusicbooks

Moore, R. (2018) Jane Austen: The Complete Juvenilia – Text and Critical Introduction. Independently Published.

Oxford University Classics (2021) Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Selwyn, D. (1996) Jane Austen: Collected Poems and Verse of the Austen Family. Manchester: Carcanet Press Limited.

Selwyn, D. (2003) The Complete Poems of James Austen: Jane Austen’s eldest brother. Chawton: The Jane Austen Society.

University of Southampton (2015) Jane Austen’s family music books digitised and online. Available at: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2015/12/jane-austen-music-books.page

EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Climenson, E.J.& Osler, M. (2024) Passages from the Diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwick House, Oxon. AD 1756 to 1808. Internet Archive: University of Toronto. Available at: https://archive.org/stream/passagesfromdiar00powyuoft/passagesfromdiar00powyuoft_djvu.txt

Hammond, M. (1986) Mrs Henry Rice in Jane Austen Society Annual Report 1986. Pp. 14-18. Available at: https://archive.org/details/austencollreport_1986_1995_202004/page/13/mode/2up

Hammond, M (1992) Jemima Lucy Lefroy in Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America- Persuasions n. 14. JASNA:1992.

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies (2021) After Jane Austen: the Harris Bigg-Wither Story. Available at: https://hampshirearchivesandlocalstudies.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/after-jane-austen-the-harris-bigg-wither-story/

Huxley, V. (2013) Jane Austen & Adlestrop: Her Other Family.  Gloucestershire: Windrush Publishing Services.

Lefroy, H. & Turner, G. (2007) The Letters of Mrs Lefroy: Jane Austen’s Beloved Friend. Winchester: The Jane Austen Society c/o Sarsen Press.

Wheddon, Z. (2021) Jane Austen’s Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books Ltd.

 LOCATIONS

Allen, L. (2013) Walking Jane Austen’s London: A Tour Guide for the Modern Traveller. Oxford: Shire Publications.

Chapman, R.W. & Cox. B.S. (2022) A Map of Bath in the Time of Jane Austen. Bath Municipal Libraries’ Collection: Oxford University Press.

Chawton House (2024) Chawton House. Available at: https://chawtonhouse.org

Hathi Trust (2025) Picture of Worthing; to which is added an account of Arundel and Shoreham, with other parts of the surrounding country. Available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013197213&seq=7

Hill, C. (1901) Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends. dodopress.co.uk: Dodo Press.

Jane Austen Centre (2024) Jane Austen Centre, Bath Available at: https://janeausten.co.uk

Jane Austen’s House (2024) Jane Austen’s House website. Available at: https://janeaustens.house

Kintbury and Beyond (2024) Local History, Jane Austen and more. Available at: https://kintburyandbeyond.co.uk/

Lane, M. (2003) Jane Austen and Lyme Regis. Chawton: The Jane Austen Society.

Le Faye (2007) Jane Austen’s Steventon. Chawton: The Jane Austen Society.

Sandrawich, C. (2012) A Tour of Worthing, by Chris Sandrawich of JAS-Midlands in Jane Austen in Vermont blog. Available at: https://janeausteninvermont.blog/2012/05/10/in-search-of-jane-austen-guest-post-a-tour-of-worthing-by-chris-sandrawich/

Southam,B. (2011) Jane Austen beside the Seaside: Devonshire and Wales 1801–1803. Persuasions No. 33: Jane Austen Society of North America.

Townsend, T. (2014) Jane Austen’s Hampshire. Somerset: Halsgrove.

Townsend, T. (2015) Jane Austen and Bath. Somerset: Halsgrove.

Townsend, T. (2015) Jane Austen’s Kent. Somerset: Halsgrove.

Various contributors. (2024) The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Hamstall Ridware. Independently Published.

LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND

Adkins R. and L. (2013) Eavesdropping on Jane Austen’s England. London: Little, Brown Book Group.

Angelo, D. (1787) The school of Fencing with a general explanation of the principal attitudes and positions peculiar to the art. Available at: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-school-of-fencing-wi_angelo-domenico_1787/mode/2up

Fawcett, C. (2004) The Bath Volunteers: Civil Defence against the French, 1779- 1815. Available at: https://historyofbath.org/images/BathHistory/Vol%2014%20-%2004.%20Fawcett%20-%20The%20Bath%20Volunteers%20-%20Civil%20Defence%20against%20the%20French,%201779-1815.pdf

Ferry, K. (2023) The Remarkable Tale of the Bathing Machine. Country Life online. Available at: https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/the-remarkable-tale-of-the-bathing-machine-258941

Herring, J. (2024) Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine. Somerset: Sild Media Ltd.

Knowles,R. (2024) Regency History. Available at: https://www.regencyhistory.net

Mortimer, I. (2020) The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain. UK: Penguin Random House.

Pool, D. (1993) What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. New York: Touchstone.

Sullivan, M.C. (2007) The Jane Austen Handbook: Proper Life Skills from Regency England. Philadelphia: Quirk Books.

THE CLERGY & RELIGION

Cox, B.S. (2022) Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England. Georgia, USA: Topaz Cross Books.

Merry, H. (2021) Jane Austen’s Easter. Independently Published: Amazon.

The Clergy Database (2022) Database - Search. Available at: https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp

FASHION & DRESS

Cassin-Scott, J. (1971) Costume and Fashion in Colour: 1760 – 1920. Dorset: Blandford Press.

Davidson, H. (2019) Dress in the Age of Jane Austen. Connecticut: Yale University Press.

Davidson, H. (2023) Jane Austen’s Wardrobe. Connecticut: Yale University Press.

Yarwood, D. (1961) English Costume. London: Redwood Burn Ltd.

FOOD AND DRINK

Gehrer, J. (2021) Martha Lloyd’s Household Book. Oxford: Bodleian Library.

Hartley, D. (1954) Food in England. London: Futura Publications.

Paston-Williams, S. (1993) ‘An Elegant Repast: Georgian Food’ in The Art of Dining – A History of Cooking and Eating. London: National Trust Enterprises Ltd.

Vogler, P. (2020) Dinner with Mr Darcy. London: Ryland Peters & Small Ltd.

 ONLINE SOCIETIES & GROUPS

 Jane Austen & Co. (2024) An educational site offering an extensive range of video presentations and events on many different topics. Available at: https://www.janeaustenandco.org

Jane Austen Daily (2024) Jane Austen Daily Facebook Group. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296923455713211/members

Jane Austen Fan Club (2024) Jane Austen Fan Club Facebook Group. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2210708105/

Jane Austen Society of North America (2024) An extremely informative site relating to all things Austen. Available at: https://jasna.org

The Jane Austen Society (2024) Newsletter and Reports Archive (Members Area). Available at: https://janeaustensociety.org.uk

Jane Austen's World (2024) A blog bringing Jane Austen's world and the Regency period alive in indexed posts on hundred of topics. Available at: https://janeaustensworld.com

Mollands.net (2024) An incredible collection of e-texts, articles and blog posts related to Jane Austen and her works. Available at: https://www.mollands.net/etexts/index.html

The Republic of Pemberley (2024) A treasure trove of information related to Jane Austen and her works. Available at: https://pemberley.com

          

Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards these resources.