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England. Hampshire. 51°13′49″N 1°13′08″W / . 51.2303°N 1.2189°W. / 51.2303; -1.2189. Steventon is a village and a civil parish with a population of about 250 in north Hampshire, England. Situated 7 miles south-west of the town of Basingstoke, between the villages of Overton, Oakley and North Waltham, it is close to Junction 7 ...
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Steventon. Steventon was Jane Austen’s birthplace. It is a village in the north of Hampshire, some seven miles south west of Basingstoke. Her father was Rector of Steventon for 40 years until his retirement in 1801. Her eldest brother, James, succeeded him in this office. The rectory in which the family lived was demolished in 1824, but ...
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Dec 26, 2012 · Volunteers excavated the field in Steventon in the Hampshire countryside in 2011 where the village's old rectory once stood.
In 1823 William Knight became rector of Steventon and moved into a newly-built rectory, having the old one pulled down. But the rest of the neighborhood hasn't changed! The lanes, hedgerows and meadows still look untouched, and the Steventon church where Mr. Austen preached looks nearly as it did to Jane and her family.
Jun 2, 2007 · The back of the Steventon Rectory, drawn by Jane’s niece, Anna Lefroy, gives few clues about the size of the house or what the front looked like. There seems to be a confusion as to how large the house actually was. (Why Was Jane Austen Sent away to School at Seven? An Empirical Look at a Vexing Question. by Linda Robinson Walker)
Dec 16, 2011 · Archaeologists in Hampshire have uncovered signs of the house where Jane Austen spent more than half of her life. The Austen family lived in the rectory in Steventon, near Basingstoke, from 1775 ...
Jane Austen. Jane Austen, one of the most celebrated authors in English literature, had a deep-rooted association with Steventon, Hampshire, a place that shaped her upbringing and inspired her literary genius. Born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon Rectory, Austen spent the majority of her formative years in this charming rural village.
