As a volunteer in the Cathedral I find the most frequently posed question by visitors is “Where is Jane Austen buried?”
Many of the visitors have travelled a long distance, indeed internationally, to pay tribute to one of the biggest literary figures in the English language and it is therefore very fitting that the project to place a notable statue to her memory in the grounds of the Cathedral has been revived.
Once in place, I anticipate the next most frequently asked question to be “and where can I see Jane Austen’s statue?”
Damien Carpanini,
Little Minster Street,
Winchester
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