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://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/3206