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DOROTHY WORDSWORTH (1771 - 1855)

According to Juliet Barker, In 1788, Dorothy spent two agreeable weeks in Newcastle, with relations, en route for Cambridge. After her mother's death, she spent ten years in Halifax with her relative Miss Threlkeld. before coming to Newcastle in December 1794. There she resided with Miss Threlkeld's cousins in Northumberland Place. In January 1795 she wrote:

'I have been at Newcastle more than a month and am very happy in the company of our good friends the Miss Griffiths who are very chearful pleasant companions and excellent women.'

Dorothy's brother William (q.v.) was also in Northumberland Place around 31 January 1795. Dorothy let Newcastle in March or April that year and spent at least three weeks at Sockburn Farm near Darlington, where she renewed her friendship with Mary Hutchinson. After William's marriage to Mary in 1802, Dorothy remained a part of the household. Her celebrated Journals as well s being an invaluable record of the poet's life and work, are notable for the poetic quality of her descriptive prose; they also served as inspiration for Wordsworth's own poetry.

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DOROTHY WORDSWORTH (1771 - 1855) According to Juliet Barker, In 1788, Dorothy spent two agreeable weeks in Newcastle, with relations, en route for Cambridge. After her mother's death, she spent ten years in Halifax with her relative Miss Threlkeld. before coming to Newcastle in December 1794. There she resided with Miss Threlkeld's cousins in Northumberland Place. In January 1795 she wrote: 'I have been at Newcastle more than a month and am very happy in the company of our good friends the Miss Griffiths who are very chearful pleasant companions and excellent women.' Dorothy's brother William (q.v.) was also in Northumberland Place around 31 January 1795. Dorothy let Newcastle in March or April that year and spent at least three weeks at Sockburn Farm near Darlington, where she renewed her friendship with Mary Hutchinson. After William's marriage to Mary in 1802, Dorothy remained a part of the household. Her celebrated Journals as well s being an invaluable record of the poet's life and work, are notable for the poetic quality of her descriptive prose; they also served as inspiration for Wordsworth's own poetry.
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