Want to stay in the city where Jane Austen lived and from where she drew inspiration for all six of her novels? Book a Jane Austen Literary Tour of Bath here Table of Contents 4 Sydney Place – Following her father’s retirement in 1801, the Austen family, including Jane, her mother, and sister Cassandra, moved from Steventon in Hampshire, where Jane had spent the first 25 years of her life, to Bath in Somerset. The family lived at this address until the lease expired in 1804.