On July 22nd at 2pm, the Bath and Bristol group of the Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom will be holding a A special event will take place here on Saturday 22 July 2017 commemoration event to mark 200 years since Jane Austen's death at St Swithin's Church, Bath. This is a special event with a short service in the church, followed by a dancing display and readings. It's particularly appropriate to hold the service at St. Swithin's, as this is the church where George Austen and Cassandra Leigh, Jane's parents, were married in 1764, where the Austen family went to church while in Bath (the Abbey was considered to be too crowded), and where George Austen is buried. Tickets cost £10 (including tea), and are available from Bath Box Office (01225 463362).