_Janet's Repentance_. There is an amusing
description of a Sunday morning service at the church at the beginning of
the story.
31-32. Nuneaton church, exterior and interior
Miss C. NORTON
33-34. Nuneaton church and vicarage
Miss C. NORTON
35. Nuneaton, Lawyer Dempster's house
Miss C. NORTON
No. 35 Church Street, the Orchard Street of _Janet's Repentance_. The
original of Dempster was a Mr. Buchanan.
36-37. Nuneaton, Dempster's house, other views
Miss C. NORTON
38. Nuneaton, garden of Dempster's house
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
39. Nuneaton, grotto in Dempster's garden
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
40. Chilvers Coton church
Miss C. NORTON
The "Shepperton" church of _Amos Barton_. George Eliot was baptised
here. The tenor bell was hung in her memory (1909). "The little flight
of steps with their wooden rail running up the outer wall and leading to
the children's gallery," is still in existence.
41. Chilvers Coton church
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
42. Chilvers Coton church, interior
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
43. Chilvers Coton church, children's gallery
Mr. G. H. OSBORNE
44. Chilvers Coton vicarage, garden
Mr. A. H. HOWELL
The open window belongs to the room in which "Milly Barton" died.
45. Chilvers Coton vicarage and church
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
46. Chilvers Coton churchyard, Emma Gwyther's grave
Mr. S. T. SHIPWAY
Mrs. Gwyther was the original of "Milly Barton" of _The Sad fortunes of
Amos Barton_, one of the most touching stories in English literature.
The inscription is transcribed in full in Olcott's _George Eliot_,
_scenes and people in her novels_.
47. Chilvers Coton churchyard, Emma Gwyther's grave
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