The London Group of the Jane Austen Society now meets at 2.30 pm on four Saturdays in the
year in St Columba’s Church Hall, Pont Street, SW3. These meetings, of which at least one
is free to members of the Group (all others are charged at cost), feature either a speaker
or a speaker-led discussion, sometimes with videos to illustrate screen adaptations of the novels.
Tea and biscuits are included. In addition, there is a full-day annual Group outing held on a Saturday
in summer and a Birthday Lunch on a Saturday at the start of December.
The Group has a stall at the main Jane Austen Society's AGM held each July at Chawton, and looks after
the grave of Eliza de Feuillide (Jane Austen's cousin and wife of Henry, her brother - and supposedly
model for Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park). This is in the churchyard of St John's, Hampstead
(turn immediately left inside the gates on a little path along the wall, to a large horse-chestnut tree.
The slab is on the right).
Membership is around 140 and is not strictly confined to residents of London districts. New members are always
welcome. The annual subscription is £8, which lasts for one year from 1 April, but two and three-year
subscriptions of £16 and £24 are also available. In addition to the events above, this includes two
free Newsletters a year (in Spring and Autumn).
If you wish to join the London Group, please complete and return the application form via the 'How to Join'
link in the left-hand column.
Membership of the Group does not confer membership of the main/national Jane Austen Society, but it does give
entitlement to a reduced subscription to it of £12 a year.
Non-members of the Group, including those from the national Jane Austen Society, are warmly welcome to attend
any of the events, after giving priority to members and their guests, but the entrance fee will be £1 extra. Please
contact Jill Manasseh by phone or e-mail if you wish to attend an event (details below).
In general, please address enquiries about the London Group to:
Jill Manasseh on 020 7373 2220 or via e-mail at philjil@lineone.net
(Please insert 'Jane Austen' as the subject of the e-mail.)
Please address any enquiries about the main/national Society to the Membership Secretary:
Mrs Rosemary Culley on 02392 475855 or via email at rosemary@sndc.demon.co.uk
Coming Events 2008
Jane Austen London Group can take no responsibility for any personal loss or injury
whatsoever incurred on or during any of their events.
Saturday 19 April at 2.30 pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Pont Street, London SW1
Group AGM followed by an illustrated talk on how Jane Austen's landscape looked then and now.
Wednesday 4 June : Visit to Alton and Stratfield Saye
Joint outing with the Hampshire Branch.
Saturday 25 October at 2.30 pm in St Columba's Church Hall, Pont Street, SW1.
Inaugural Patricia Clarke Memorial Lecture by Professor Michael Wheeler : 'Jane Austen and Winchester Cathedral'.
Saturday 6 December : Birthday Lunch
Further details in due course.
2009
19 January at 2.30 pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Pont Street, London SW1
Discussion Meeting : Screen adaptations, plus analysis of results of questionnaire in current Newsletter.
5 February at 2.30 pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Pont Street, London SW1
Lecture by Dr L Fletcher : 'Critics and Outsiders'
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