Anna Maria Woodforde
Anna Maria Woodforde | |
|---|---|
Nancy after Samuel Woodforde | |
| Born | 8 March 1757 |
| Died | 13 January 1830 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | housekeeper |
| Employer | James Woodforde |
| Known for | her diary |
| Parent(s) | Heighes and Anne (born Dorville) Woodforde |
Anna Maria Woodforde known as "Nancy"' (8 March 1757 – 13 January 1830) was an English housekeeper and diarist.
Life
Woodforde was born in Alhampton Court in Ditcheat, Somerset, in 1757. In 1780, she was taken in by her uncle as a companion and housekeeper. She was single and grateful for this opportunity to live in Weston Longville. Her uncle, James Woodforde, was a cleric who achieved fame posthumously when his edited diary was published as "The Diary of a Country Parson". In the diary, he refers to her as "Nancy" but switches to "Miss Woodforde" as she gets older and their relationship becomes less friendly.[1] She is remembered for her correspondence and for producing a detailed diary for the year of 1792. She looked after her uncle until his death in 1803. She died in 1830.[1]
Woodforde died in Castle Cary in 1830 and her death was reported in the Gentleman's Magazine.[2] Her papers including some verse and her accounts are in the Bodleian Library.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Woodforde, James (1740–1803), diarist and Church of England clergyman | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38150. Retrieved 18 March 2019. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1830. p. 93.
Anna Maria Woodforde.
- ^ "Woodforde Family Papers". www.bodley.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2019.