Anna Maria Woodforde | |
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![]() Nancy after
Samuel Woodforde | |
Born | 8 March 1757 |
Died | 13 January 1830 |
Nationality | Kingdom of Great Britain |
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.
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 she was grateful for this opportunity to live in Weston Longville. Her uncle, James Woodforde was a cleric who was to achieve 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 because she too produced a detailed diary for the year of 1792. She looked after her uncle until his death is 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]
Anna Maria Woodforde.