Steventon, Hampshire

==History==

==History==

The community is listed in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as a manor, but a church is not mentioned.{{cite web |url=https://www.steventonvillage.co.uk/the-village/ |title=The Village |date=12 June 2019 |work=Steventon Village Hampshire |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=Jane Austen was born in Steventon on the 16th December 1775. Steventon was her home for the first 25 years of her life, inspiring her novels

The community is listed in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as a manor, but a church is not mentioned.{{cite web |url=https://www.steventonvillage.co.uk/the-village/ |title=The Village |date=12 June 2019 |work=Steventon Village Hampshire |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=Jane Austen was born in Steventon on the 16th December 1775. Steventon was her home for the first 25 years of her life, inspiring her novels }}

Steventon is best known as the birthplace of the author [[Jane Austen]], who lived there from 1775 to 1801, when she moved to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] with her parents. Though the [[Rectory]] in which she wrote ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'' and ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' was pulled down around 1824, the site is still marked by an old lime tree that is believed to have been planted by her eldest brother, James, who took over the parish from his father. An excavation in 2011, directed by Debbie Charlton, of Archeo Briton, was able to find and map the site of the former rectory and recovered some artefacts.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-20678244 |title=Unlocking secrets from Jane Austen's Steventon home |date=26 December 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=It is hoped the finds will go on display at Basingstoke's Willis Museum}} The site is also designated by a fenced area and a warning sign.{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationbasingstoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Jane-Austen-Historical-Walk-Leaflet.pdf |title=historical walk - Destination Basingstoke |date=15 October 2015 |work=Basington Stoke |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=Near the well you will see an impressive single Lime tree planted by the Rev James Austen, Jane’s eldest brother, in 1813}}

Steventon is best known as the birthplace of the author [[Jane Austen]], who lived there from 1775 to 1801, when she moved to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] with her parents. Though the [[Rectory]] in which she wrote ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'' and ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' was pulled down around 1824, the site is still marked by an old lime tree that is believed to have been planted by her eldest brother, James, who took over the parish from his father. An excavation in 2011, directed by Debbie Charlton, of Archeo Briton, was able to find and map the site of the former rectory and recovered some artefacts.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-20678244 |title=Unlocking secrets from Jane Austen's Steventon home |date=26 December 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=It is hoped the finds will go on display at Basingstoke's Willis Museum}} The site is also designated by a fenced area and a warning sign.{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationbasingstoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Jane-Austen-Historical-Walk-Leaflet.pdf |title=historical walk - Destination Basingstoke |date=15 October 2015 |work=Basington Stoke |access-date=5 January 2021 |quote=Near the well you will see an impressive single Lime tree planted by the Rev James Austen, Jane’s eldest brother, in 1813}}