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"Fifteen years later there was another lively occasion at the house, and it was to change the pattern of life at Greta Hall. This was the first of the three weddings: it was that of Sara Coleridge in September 1829. Wordsworth's son performed the ceremony at Crosthwaite Church; Southey - had he not deputised for her father for the last twenty years? - her 'father-uncle' she called him - gave her away; the three Southey cousins and Dora (Wordsworth) were among the bridesmaids. Edith May prepared the wedding breakfast in the library and there followed later a dinner party and a ball at the house of the Senhouses, Derwentwater Bay, from which Sara's mother stayed away with her 'poor sister Lovell and, even, began some of my packing, such as books, which was better than sitting quite still and thinking of the miseries of quitting a beloved residence of 29 years' duration.' " source: Greta Hall by H. W. Howe, p. 65
"The ceremony was more a Wordsworth and Southey family affair than a Coleridge one. John Wordworth conducted the service at Crosthwaite Church in Keswick." source: The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Rosemary Ashton, p. 385
IGI Marriage Information
Sara COLERIDGE
Sex: F
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Henry Nelson COLERIDGE
Marriage: 3 Sep 1829 Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England
Source Information:
Batch number: M003011
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