Chawton

Chawton is a small village in Hampshire, England, near Alton. In 2000 it had a population of around 380 and it is administered by East Hampshire District Council.

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Jane Austen lived here with her mother and sister, Cassandra, from 1809 until May 1817, when because of illness she moved to Winchester to be near her physician. She died there on 18 July 1817.

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Austen wrote many of her books in Chawton, and her house is now a museum.

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Hampshire: Hampshire (abbr. Hants) is a county on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county borders (clockwise from West), Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The county is 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²) in size and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles (90 k...

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