Rydal Mount

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The poet's house

Rydal Mount is a house at Rydal near Ambleside in the Lake District . The poet William Wordsworth lived there from 1813 until his death in 1850.

Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth , Cumberland in 1770 and had known the Lake District since childhood. Because of his studies at the University of Cambridge , he moved to Cambridge in 1787 . After graduation, he traveled through England and Europe for twelve years. He then lived for eight years in Dove Cottage near Grasmere (1799-1808). Due to his growing family and many visitors, he was forced to move. After a brief stint at Allan Bank in Grasmere, the Wordsworths moved to Rydal Mount in 1813.

Rydal Mount was acquired in 1969 by Mary Henderson (nee Wordsworth), a great-great-granddaughter of the poet. It remains in the possession of the Wordsworth family and has been open to the public since 1970.

Memorial plaque on the poet's house

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Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 55 "  N , 2 ° 58 ′ 57"  W.