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Ravensbury: a poem written after a visit in 1850, recollecting childhood memories of people, places and events
Local History Notes 29: by William Wood Fenning, transcribed with notes and introduction by his great-great-granddaughter, Sue Wilmott
Some months ago we received an email enquiry from Sue Wilmott in Australia. Her great-great-great-greatgrandfather, William Fenning, and his son, also William, were proprietors of the Ravensbury Printworks at the end of the 18th and in the early 19th centuries. Sue’s great-great-grandfather, William Wood Fenning, revisited Ravensbury in July 1850, probably for the funeral of his sister, and wrote a long poem looking back over his years growing up at Ravensbury and mentioning quite a few people, places and events. Sue has transcribed the poem, and added explanatory notes, and has generously allowed us to publish it in our Local History Notes series. Illustrated with monochrome copies of William Wood Fenning’s watercolours of the area, this booklet adds considerably to our understanding of our locality at this time.
Review in MHS Bulletin 173 (March 2010)
