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. 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.
The Loiterer (2015) James Austen’s The Loiterer & other contents. Available at: http://www.theloiterer.org
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/
Facebook Community (2023) Attire’s Mind (An informative and vibrant 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
Mollands.net (2022) An incredible collection of e-texts, articles and blog posts related to Jane Austen and her works. Available at:https://www.mollands.net/etexts/index.html
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 each and every person who has contributed to these resources. This book would not have been the same without you.
If you know of any other sources that may be useful to our community, then please get in touch via email at info@diane-jane-ball.com and I will share them here.