Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton

Title

Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton

Description

The plot in The Mill on the Floss of Maggie Tulliver running away to join the gypsies may have been inspired by Gipsy Lane and its 19th centry gypsy encampments.

Source

“Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton, in the snow with a bus passing.” 1950. Warwickshire County Record Office. Accessed July 13, 2020. https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/nuneaton-gipsy-lane.

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.

Type

Photo