G is Going to Gittisham
A - Z of Devon Places and Women Writers G is Going to Gittisham The G parish in this A-Z had to be Gittisham, birthplace of Devon's most notorious and eccentric female 'writer' 'prophetess', Joanna Southcott. Around Gittisham Photo Julie Sampson I have written about Joanna both in my book, and in my other blog, see Woman Clothed in the Sun at Scrapblog whilst a poem about her was published in the collection Tessitura . I'm not going to make more comment here except to say that l ike her contemporary, Mary Willcocks aka 'Caraboo', from Witheridge, Joanna Southcott is fascinating. I find her totally bizarre and yet compelling, perhaps in part because her family lived only a few miles from a district where many of my own ancestors were based. When I read that she had over 100,000 followers (in the C19 that is a LOT), I can not help but wonder if a few of my forefathers and foremothers were drawn into her orbit. Book Blurb abou...