St. Swithin's Church
Jane Austen's parents were married at this church in Bath, and it was just down the street from her aunt and uncle (the Leigh-Perrots), who lived at No. 1 Paragon in a row of townhomes that ran alongside a gracefully curved street. Jane's father was also buried in the churchyard of this church.
Uncle Leigh-Perrot was the brother of Jane's mother and liked to write witty poems like her mother. He read about the marriage of Captain Foote to Miss Patten and wrote a poem. (Pattens were wooden overshoes with an iron ring that raised the wearer above the mud.)
Through the rough paths
of life,
With a patten your
guard,
May you safely and
pleasantly jog;
May the knot never
slip, nor the ring press too hard,
Nor the foot find the
Patten a clog.
Pattens
This is St. Swithin's now:
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