in her stride as an old lady travelling conditions that might have daunted one much younger. She died on 20 December 1866 and was buried next to her husband in Nottingham General Cemetery, although the inscription recording this on the vast Gothic sarcophagus has disappeared. References Bibliography Ann Taylor, The Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor, ed. Josiah Gilbert. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1874 Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor Volume I of The Writings of Jane Taylor, In Five Volumes: Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1832 External links J uvenile Literature by Ann Taylor at University of Florida, Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature 1782 births 1866 deaths English women poets Children's poets English children's writers Writers from London People from Colchester People from Lavenham 19th-century women writers 19th-century English women 19th-century English people