tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515652943169429863.post2789271749596468278..comments2023-05-31T23:57:56.396-07:00Comments on A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England: A Visit to Lyme RegisSue Wilkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240904720083861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515652943169429863.post-8729598777424510962018-12-20T01:48:53.164-08:002018-12-20T01:48:53.164-08:00The steps that Jane Austen was thinking about when...The steps that Jane Austen was thinking about when she describes Louisa Musgrove's accident are almost certainly the second ones you illustrate. In Persuasion the party are described as walking along the upper part of the 'new Cobb'. This was the section beyond 'Granny's Teeth', the wonderful local name for the jutting out steps. <br />The upper part of the main section of the Cobb was very rough, 'unsuitable for a promenade' said one local writer. This part of the Cobb collapsed in a storm in 1824, and was rebuilt in the form we see today. <br />As a curious coincidence the building of the new Cobb was commemorated by a plaque a few feet from the steps, it states that the work was overseen by Captain D'arcy!Gordon Le Pardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212975475721122396noreply@blogger.com