ʃiː mˈuːvd fɹʌm bˈɛldʒəm tʊ ˈɑːksfɚd wˌɛɹ ʃiː wˈɜːkt fɚɹə pˈʌblɪʃɚ ænd æz ɐ kˈæɾɐlˌɑːɡɚɹ ɪnðə bˈɑːdleɪən lˈaɪbɹɛɹi ænd ˈɛlswɛɹ, mˈuːvɪŋ lˈeɪɾɚ tə ðə vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv tʃˈɑːɹlbɛɹi, nˈɔːɹθwˈɛst ʌv ˈɑːksfɚd.
She moved from Belgium to Oxford where she worked for a publisher and as a cataloguer in the Bodleian Library and elsewhere, moving later to the village of Charlbury, north-west of Oxford.