The Heart of the Ancient Capital

The house Jane Austen spent her final days

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The house Jane Austen spent her final days

The next building, now a private residence, is where Jane Austen spent her final weeks receiving medical care. She died here and is buried in the cathedral.

 

The house Jane Austen spent her final days (private residence).

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Cheyney Court
At the end of College Street, turn right to face Kingsgate with the tiny church of St Swithun above. Continuing through the gateway, you come to the Close Wall, first built in Saxon times to separate the monastic communities from the rest of the town.

Turn right and go through Prior’s Gate.

On your right is the Medieval Cheyney Court, where bishops met to hear legal cases involving the areas they controlled, known as the Soke.