The coach-loads of literary-minded tourists in search of whispers of Jane Austen tend to head to the grand cities of Bath or Winchester – but a “forgotten” Hampshire village with strong connections to the writer is getting in on the act.
Villagers in Overton near Basingstoke have decided they have been too modest for too long about their very solid Austen links and are bidding to attract more visitors this year, the 250th anniversary of her birth.
