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A talk about Bedhampton, John Keats and The Eve of St Agnes
Portsmouth is the undisputed home of great writing having been the home of Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, H G Wells and Walter Besant, to name but a few. However, nearby Bedhampton has a huge literary claim to fame in that it was in January 1819, at the village Mill House, the member of the Romantic Movement of poets, John Keats stayed for two weeks working on his epic poem ‘The Eve of St Agnes’. Later in September 1820, John Keats revisited Bedhampton where he spent his last night on English soil before taking a ship to Rome where he would die from Tuberculosis just five months later.
The story of just how John Keats came to visit the village is being told at The Elms, a grade II* listed house in Lower Road, Bedhampton on Sunday 19th January, just one day before ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ traditionally celebrated on January 20th.
The story of just how John Keats came to visit the village is being told at The Elms, a grade II* listed house in Lower Road, Bedhampton on Sunday 19th January, just one day before ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ traditionally celebrated on January 20th.
Tickets for the 3:00pm talk ‘John Keats and the Eve of St Agnes’ by literary researcher, Nigel Gossop are £5.00, available in advance from The Elms (Administrator) by calling 023 9248 4444 or by emailing trust.office@manortrust.org.uk.
The Elms, 2 Lower Road, Bedhampton, Havant, Hampshire PO9 3LH
Sun 19 January
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