Record Number: 3002
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, describing how hours following William Wordsworth's marriage to Mary Hutchinson on 4 October 1802 spent: '... [at Kirby] we went to the Churchyard [Kirby Moorside Churchyard] after we had put a letter [announcing the marriage] into the Post-office for the York Herald. We sauntered about, and read the Grave-stones. There was one to the memory of five children ... There was another stone erected to the memory of an unfortunate woman ... The verses engraved upon it expressed that she had been neglected by her Relations, and counselled the readers of those words to look within, and recollect their own frailties. We left Kirby at about half-past two.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:4 Oc 1802
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:specific address: Kirby Moorside Churchyard
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:various
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:verse epitaph
Genre:epitaph
Form of Text:Print: tombstone epitaph
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:3002
Source:Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Helen Darbishire
Title:Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1958
Vol:n/a
Page:199
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, (London, 1958), p. 199, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3002, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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