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4 August 2012

A visit to Jane Austen's House museum in the Hampshire village of Chawton.

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Approaching the house from the village car park. Chawton was the home for Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life.

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The house dates from the 17th century and has undergone a few extensions over the years.

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This is the room in which Jane did her writing.

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And here is the small round table complete with quill pen.

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One of the upstairs rooms with display cabinets.