Shortly after her mother's death, young Elizabeth (called Lily, her second name) went to live with her mother's sister, Hannah Lumb
, at Knutsford in Cheshire, near many of her mother's large family. Since...
Health
Elizabeth Gaskell
Worn out from the strain of Meta's birth and the death of her beloved best friendAunt Lumb
, EG
suffered a collapse in health. Her husband took her to stay in Wales for three...
Instructor
Elizabeth Gaskell
Until the age of eleven, Elizabeth was taught at home by her Aunt Hannah Lumb
. As befitting the Unitarian emphasis on personal freedom and rationality, she read widely, and was encouraged to make her...
Residence
Elizabeth Gaskell
Knutsford was a small but bustling country town, and Lily (EG
) passed a happy childhood in Aunt Lumb
's almost exclusively feminine household, surrounded by her mother's numerous relations, the Hollands. She much...
