At Grasmere they saw Dove Cottage, then an empty Inn called the Dove and Olive Branch. William and Coleridge then undertook a tour of the Lake District, starting at Temple Sowerby, and finishing at Wasdale Head, via Grasmere. In the years ahead a close relationship developed between William, Dorothy and Coleridge. In 1795 the Wordsworths stayed in a cottage in Dorset, where they met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. In 1795 he received a bequest of £900 which gave him the means to pursue a literary career. He then went to St John’s College Cambridge, where he was not a notable student, but inevitably matured in thought and sophistication. 1779 – 1787įrom 1779 until 1787 William attended the Grammar School in Hawkshead, lodging with Ann Tyson initially, then with his brothers.Īt Hawkshead William thrived – receiving encouragement from the headmaster to read and write poetry.ĭuring these years William Wordsworth made many visits to the countryside, gaining inspiration as the powers of nature exercised their influence. All Saints church rooms is on the site of the Cockermouth school that William attended as a boy.
His father died when he was 13, and is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Cockermouth. William’s mother died in Penrith when he was 8. William and Dorothy and his future wife Mary Hutchinson attended infant school in Penrith between 17. His childhood was spent largely in Cockermouth and Penrith, his mother’s home town. William had an elder brother Richard, a younger sister Dorothy and two younger brothers John and Christopher. His father John was estate agent to Sir James Lowther, who owned the house.
William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in a fine Georgian house in Cockermouth, now called Wordsworth House.
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