St Juliot, a village near Boscastle in north-east Cornwall, UK

St Juliot is a village near Boscastle in north-east Cornwall, UK.


Hardy wrote flood of poems 'in expiation'.
In 1870 the famous British novelist, short story writer, and poet Thomas Hardy was sent to plan a church restoration at St Juliot. There he met Emma Gifford, sister-in-law of the vicar of St Juliot. She encouraged him in his writing, and they were married in 1874. After Emma Hardy died in November 1912 and was buried in Stinsford churchyard, Thomas was stricken with guilt and remorse, but the result was some of his best poetry, expressing his feelings for his wife of 38 years.
From Satires of Circumstance, Thomas Hardy's 1914 book of poems about Emma.

I found her out there

On a slope few see,

That falls westwardly

To the salt-edged air,

Where the ocean breaks

On the purple strand,

And the hurricane shakes

The solid land.

Bath of St. Juliot Parish, Cornwall 850 x 1169 - 99k - jpg freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com	... in the church at St Juliot. 300 x 225 - 37k - jpg www.thisisnorthcornwall.com [ 更多來自 www.thisisnorthcornwall.com 的資訊 ]	This is St Juliot's church: 1152 x 864 - 117k - jpg www.btinternet.com [ 更多來自 www.btinternet.com 的資訊 ]	Interior of St Juliot's: 1152 x 864 - 45k - jpg www.btinternet.com	St Juliot's is a very pretty church ... 432 x 633 - 312k - jpg kimbofo.typepad.com
Map showing location of St Juliot ... 431 x 217 - 32k - gif www.boscastlecornwall.org.uk [ 更多來自 www.boscastlecornwall.org.uk 的資訊 ]	The hedges are the view at St Juliot 450 x 309 - 69k - jpg www.cornishhedges.co.uk	St Juliot Church 500 x 335 - 104k - jpg www.otterhamandstjuliothall.org	St Juliot, (Cornish: Sen Julet), ... 300 x 225 - 30k - jpg www.thisisnorthcornwall.com	... with St Juliot Church, ... 364 x 228 - 9k - gif www.sndc.demon.co.uk
Churchyard St.Juliot 1600 x 1200 - 22k - jpg picasaweb.google.com	1 St. Juliot 2 Otterham 3 Trevalga 400 x 413 - 7k - gif www.cornwall.gov.uk	... St Juliot, Boscastle, Cornwall. 500 x 356 - 52k - jpg www.tintagelweb.co.uk	St Juliot, Cornwall, England other ... 800 x 524 - 153k - jpg www.pbase.com	St. Juliot's Original Watercolour 560 x 768 - 464k - jpg www.daviddareart.com