This is Ibthrop!
And here is a link to the Bed and Breakfast that it has become. We can stay there!
http://www.ibthorpemanorfarm.com/
Monday 25 January 2010
Letter #2, To Cassandra, from Steventon, “I sent you a letter yesterday to Ibthrop, which I suppose you will not receive at Kintbury. It was not very long or very witty, & therefore if you never receive it, it does not much signify. I wrote principally to tell you that the Coopers were arrived and in good health – the little boy is very like Dr Cooper & the little girl is to resemble Jane, they say.” – Jane Austen, Thursday 14 January 1796
Ibthrop is where Mary, Martha and Mrs. Lloyd moved to after they moved from Dean. They were very good friend’s of the Austen’s and related to the Fowle’s. That may be why Cassandra would have been at Ibthrop while she was visiting Kintbury. James married Mary in 1797 and Frank ended up marrying Martha in 1828.
There is already a note about the Coopers in letter #1 on Tuesday 1 December 2009.
The Dr. Cooper she refers to would most likely have been Revd Dr Edward Cooper (1728- 27 August 1792), the father of Revd Edward Cooper jr. who was visiting at the time; and Jane, I imagine would have been his wife, Jane Leigh Cooper. She was the sister of Jane Austen’s mother, so Jane Austen’s aunt. I wonder if that is who she is named after?
Aww man! I would love to stay there! It looks beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteNo, actually I would love to live there! ...if only... :D
ReplyDeleteI know, it looks so romantic doesn't it, just the place for a writer to be creative. I could see you living there. I could come and visit for extended stays, alright????? ;)
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