References
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. Below, I have listed the sources from which I gathered most of my information to write The Austens of Steventon. They are excellent starting points if you have a particular area of interest you would like to follow up on.
LETTERS AND MEMOIRS OF THE AUSTEN FAMILY
Austen, C. (1952) My Aunt Jane Austen: A memoir. Winchester: Sarsen 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
Dunning, R. (2014) Jane Austen Genealogy – The Knight Family Name in Jane Austen in Vermont. Available at: https://janeausteninvermont.blog/2014/02/20/jane-austen-genealogy-the-knight-family-name-by-ronald-dunning/
BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE AUSTEN FAMILY
Austen-Leigh, W., Austen-Leigh R.A. (1913) Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters. Project Gutenberg eBook (release date Set. 7th, 2007). Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22536/22536-h/22536-h.htm#Page_49
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.
Chapman, R.W. (1948) Jane Austen Facts and Problems: The Clark Lectures. Oxford: The University Press.
Dunning, R. (2021) Rebecca Hampson: George Austen’s Mother. Available at: https://janeaustensworld.com/2021/11/21/rebecca-hampson-george-austens-mother-by-ronald-dunning/
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
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
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.
Walton, G. (2019) James Austen: Jane Austen’s Brother in geriwalton.com. Available at: https://www.geriwalton.com/james-austen-jane-austens-brother/
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
MARTHA LLOYD
Elizabeth Staples, “the cruel Mrs Craven”, (2019) in elizabethberkleycraven.blogspot.com. Available at: https://elizabethberkeleycraven.blogspot.com/2019/06/elizabeth-staples-cruel-mrs-craven.html
Locke, T. (2021) The Lloyd Family of Enbourne ... and beyond in The Beacon: August 2021: Walbury Beacon Benefice. Available at: https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/5f219d3dc1af5/content/pages/documents/august-2021-beacon.pdf
Wheddon, Z. (2021) Jane Austen’s Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books Ltd.
WARREN HASTINGS
Babington-Macaulay, T. (1851) Warren Hastings. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (2022) Warren Hastings – British Colonial Administrator. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Warren-Hastings
EAST INDIA COMPANY
Encyclopaedia Britannica (2022) East India Company. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company
Dalrymple, W. (2022) ‘The Anarchy: The relentless rise of the East India Company’ Kings College, London. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwd26ehENRs
LOCATIONS
A Jane Austen Gazeteer (2017) Kintbury. Available at: https://ajaneaustengazetteer.wordpress.com/berkshire/kintbury/
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 (2023) Chawton House website. Available at: https://chawtonhouse.org
Hill, C. (1901) Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends. dodopress.co.uk: Dodo Press.
Huxley, V. (2013) Jane Austen & Adlestrop: Her Other Family. Gloucestershire: Windrush Publishing Services.
Jane Austen Centre (2023) Jane Austen Centre, Bath Available at: https://janeausten.co.uk
Jane Austen’s House (2023) Jane Austen’s House website. Available at: https://janeaustens.house
Le Faye (2007) Jane Austen’s Steventon. Chawton: The Jane Austen Society.
Townsend, T. (2014) Jane Austen’s Hampshire. Somerset: Halsgrove.
Townsend, T. (2015) Jane Austen and Bath. Somerset: Halsgrove.
Townsend, T. (2025) Jane Austen's Kent. Somerset: Halsgrove.
LIFE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND
Adkins R. and L. (2013) Eavesdropping on Jane Austen’s England. London: Little, Brown Book Group.
Batchelor, J. (2022) The Lady’s Magazine (1770 – 1832) and the Making of Literary History. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Open Access ebook edition available at: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/60489/external_content.pdf?sequence=7
Bath Preservation Trust (2022) No.1 Royal Crescent. Bath: Bath Preservation Trust.
Chatsworth House Trust (2022) Your Guide to Chatsworth. Derbyshire: Chatsworth House Trust.
Hathi Trust Digital Library (2023) ‘Search: The Lady’s Magazine’. Available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The+Lady%27s+Magazine&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
Herring, J. (2023) Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine. Somerset: Sild Media Ltd.
Knowles,R. (2023) Regency History. Available at: https://www.regencyhistory.net
Mortimer, I. (2020) The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain. UK: Penguin Random House.
Sullivan, M.C. (2007) The Jane Austen Handbook: Proper Life Skills from Regency England. Philadelphia: Quirk Books.
THE NAVY
Animagraffs (2023) How an 18th Century Sailing Battleship Works. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nr1AgIfajI
Hubback, J.H. & E.C. (1905) Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers. London: Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
Southam, B. (2003) Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers: Francis and Charles in life and art for Jane Austen Society of North America. Available at: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jane+Austen%27s+sailor+brothers%3a+Francis+and+Charles+in+life+and+art.-a0119224270
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (2022)HMS Victory. London: Pitkin Publishing.
THE CLERGY & RELIGION
Cox, B.S. (2022) Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England. Georgia, USA: Topaz Cross Books.
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.
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (2023) Fashion History Timeline. Available at: https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1760-1769/
Attire’s Mind (2023) An informative and vibrant Facebook community discussing the messages conveyed by fashion and accessories over the centuries. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/AttiresMind
Yarwood, D. (1961) English Costume. London: Redwood Burn Ltd.
FOOD AND DRINK
Ford, J. (2014) Food and drink in 17th and 18th century inns and alehouses in History is Now Magazine. Available at: http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2014/6/7/food-and-drink-in-17th-and-18th-century-inns-and-alehouses#.Y8f2Yi-l3yQ=
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. (2023) A friendly and welcoming educational site offering an extensive range of video presentations and events on many different topics. Available at: https://www.janeaustenandco.org
Jane Austen Daily (2023) Jane Austen Daily Facebook Group. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296923455713211/members
Jane Austen Fan Club (2023) The vibrant Jane Austen Fan Club Facebook Group. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2210708105/
Jane Austen Society of North America (2023) An extremely informative site relating to all things Austen. Available at: https://jasna.org
The Jane Austen Society (2023) Newsletter and Reports Archive (Members Area). Available at:https://janeaustensociety.org.uk
Jane Austen in Vermont (2023) “Random Musings of a Janeite”. Available at: https://janeausteninvermont.blog
Jane Austen's World (2023) A blog bringing Jane Austen's world and the Regency period alive in indexed posts on hundreds of topics. Available at: https://janeaustensworld.com
The Republic of Pemberley (2021) A treasure trove of information related to Jane Austen and her works. Available at: https://pemberley.com
The Rice Portrait of Jane Austen (2023) Meticulously researched and very informative site about the portrait of Jane Austen as a young girl. Available at: https://thericeportrait.com
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to these resources.