Poet and writer. Born Anna Letitia Aikin at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. She had a successful career at a time when women rarely were professional writers. Her writing includes essays, poems and stories for children.
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house fro...
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Person, Friend / family, Literature, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA
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Letter written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas whilst he was imprisoned in Reading Gaol. The title means 'from the depths' and recounts the relationship that the pair shared. It criticises D...
Parish Church of All Hallows, servers and members of the choir and congregation who died in the Great War.
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