Lyme Regis, Pinhay 1922
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This mansion on Lyme's western cliffs, a mile beyond Ware, was the far point on Jane Austen's walk from Dorset into Devon in 1804. She described herself as 'a desperate walker', but her eagerness was constrained by the necessity to be 'fussy and correct' in ensuring that she set off wearing the right attire. James, the coachman, cleaned her shoes before and after. The terrain must have offered a walk on the wild side to a young lady from the easy-going landscape of the Hampshire Downs. John Ames, who bought the coastal estate in the 1840s, set about closing the ancient right of way. The case against was fought by Joseph Hayward of Silver Street through his son, the barrister and essayist Abraham Hayward (1801-84).
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