3809 - Gosport, England, United Kingdom

One of my grandmother's parents, Victor and Lily Burt, came from Gosport in the early 1900s. They traveled on ship to the east coast of Canada and then went by train to Vancouver. A family story - and this has not been verified - is that they had originally book passage on the Titanic but had to cancel. They did leave England for Canada a month after the Titanic sailed, but, again, we can't verify the story. 

This card comes from Jane Austen's House Museum located near Gosport in Chawton. It was the house that Jane Austen spent her last eight years of her life. During this time she wrote, revised, and made ready to be published all six of her novels, and the fragment Sanditon. The museum is a Grade I listed building in England. That means it has significant historical interest. 

When Austen arrived at the house, she had drafts of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey. She revised and edited the novels here. Austen wrote and revised Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion
 while living here. 

Jane Austen's House Museum was established in 1947 and was run by the Jane Austen Memorial Trust until 2014. About 40 000 people visit the museum each year. It is now owned and operated by the Jane Austen's House Museum CIO, a registered charity. https://janeaustens.house/

It costs £13.50 (CAD$24.36) for adults to enter the museum.