Sights in Grasmere
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Dove Cottage
Originally an inn called The Dove and Olive, this tiny cottage just outside Grasmere is the most famous former home of William Wordsworth. He arrived here with his sister Dorothy in 1799 before being joined in 1802 by his new wife, Mary, and soon after, three children – John, Dora and Thomas – who were born here in 1803, 1804 and 1806.
The tiny cottage was a cramped but happy home for the growing family – a time memorably recounted in Dorothy's diary, later published as the Grasmere Journal – and after they were eventually forced to seek more space at nearby Allan House in 1808, the cottage was leased by Wordsworth's young friend Thomas de Quincey (author of Conf…
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Wordsworth Museum
Next door to Dove Cottage, the new Wordsworth Museum houses a fascinating collection of letters, portraits and manuscripts relating to the Romantic movement.
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St Oswald's Church
Parts of Grasmere's delightful village church date back to the 13th century. The Wordsworth family regularly came here to worship: inside you'll see a memorial to the poet alongside his own prayer book, and in the churchyard you'll find the graves of William, Mary and Dorothy; the Wordsworth children Dora, Catherine and Thomas; and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's son Hartley.
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