Garden at Griff

Title

Garden at Griff

Description

George Eliot and her family moved to the Griff House in 1820 when she was just a few months old. The Griff House included eight bedrooms, stables, outbuildings, dairy, a farmyard, and an orchard. Griff was Eliot's childhood home from 1820-1841.

Source

Swinnerton, Emily. George Eliot: her Early Home. London: R. Tuck, 1899.

Date

1890

Publisher

George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

Rights

CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 Free sharing is encouraged. Please cite your source (database) as George Eliot Archive, Edited by Beverley Park Rilett.

Citation

Townsend, Patty, Garden at Griff, Images of George Eliot's England, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/3206