42 moments

1. Birth at Tinakori Road

   1888-10-14 · Katherine Mansfield House, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand

   

   Mansfield was born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in Thorndon, Wellington. Coordinates identify the restored birthplace at 25 Tinakori Road.

2. Childhood move to Karori

   1893-01-01 · Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

   

   The Beauchamp family relocated to Karori, where Mansfield spent formative childhood years. Coordinates are a representative point for Karori; the family house was Chesney Wold.

3. Karori schooling

   1895-01-01 · Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

   

   Mansfield attended school in Karori with her sisters during her childhood there. Coordinates are a representative point for Karori rather than a verified historic school-site coordinate.

4. Return to Wellington

   1898-01-01 · Wellington, New Zealand

   

   The family returned from Karori to Wellington, where Mansfield’s early writing began to appear in school publications. Settlement-level coordinates.

5. Fitzherbert Terrace School

   1900-01-01 · Fitzherbert Terrace School, Wellington, New Zealand

   

   Mansfield attended Mary Anne Swainson’s Fitzherbert Terrace School in central Wellington. Date records the beginning of an attendance period through 1902.

6. Queen's College education

   1903-01-01 · Queen's College, 43–49 Harley Street, London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Mansfield moved to London and attended Queen’s College with her sisters, a decisive period in her literary development.

7. Return to Wellington from England

   1906-12-01 · Wellington, New Zealand

   

   After completing her first period of London education, Mansfield returned to New Zealand with her family. Settlement-level coordinates.

8. Urewera camping journey

   1907-01-01 · Te Urewera, North Island, New Zealand

   

   Mansfield joined a camping expedition through the Urewera region; its impressions later informed her fiction. The source gives a two-month journey but no single day or route; coordinates are a representative central Te Urewera point.

9. Beauchamp Lodge arrival

   1908-07-01 · Beauchamp Lodge, Warwick Crescent, London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Mansfield sailed back to London and boarded at Beauchamp Lodge near Regent’s Canal. Coordinates identify Beauchamp Lodge in Warwick Crescent near Little Venice.

10. Convalescence at Bad Wörishofen

    1909-01-01 · Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany

    

    After the collapse of her marriage, Mansfield was sent to the Bavarian spa town of Bad Wörishofen. The source supports the year but not a more precise arrival date.

11. Marriage at Paddington Register Office

    1909-03-02 · Paddington Register Office, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield married singing teacher George Charles Bowden, then left him that evening. Coordinates are for the historic Paddington Town Hall/Register Office area on Harrow Road.

12. Return to London from Bavaria

    1910-01-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield returned to London after her months in Germany; experiences there contributed to In a German Pension. Settlement-level coordinates.

13. Cholesbury cottage

    1913-01-01 · Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield and John Middleton Murry rented a cottage near Gilbert Cannan’s windmill in Buckinghamshire. Coordinates are for Cholesbury village; the cottage is not securely identified.

14. Move to Paris with Murry

    1914-01-01 · Paris, France

    

    Mansfield and Murry moved to Paris seeking a more productive setting for writing. Settlement-level coordinates.

15. Visit to Francis Carco

    1915-02-01 · Paris, France

    

    Mansfield visited the French writer Francis Carco in Paris; the episode was later retold in An Indiscreet Journey. Settlement-level coordinates.

16. Move to Bandol after Leslie's death

    1915-11-01 · Bandol, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    In grief after her brother Leslie’s death, Mansfield moved with Murry to Bandol in southern France. The Katherine Mansfield Society chronology dates the move to November 1915.

17. Villa Pauline stay

    1915-12-01 · Villa Pauline, Bandol, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    Murry joined Mansfield at Villa Pauline in Bandol, where she rewrote The Aloe. The chronology gives a stay from 31 December 1915 to February 1916; exact Villa Pauline coordinates are not established, so Bandol coordinates are used.

18. Garsington visits

    1916-01-01 · Garsington Manor, Garsington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield was a frequent visitor at Lady Ottoline Morrell’s Garsington circle, where she encountered prominent writers and intellectuals. Source specifies autumn 1916; the card uses year precision because the required date format has no seasonal value.

19. Higher Tregerthen, Cornwall

    1916-04-01 · Higher Tregerthen, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield returned to England with Murry and moved to Higher Tregerthen in Cornwall near D. H. and Frieda Lawrence. Coordinates are a representative Cornwall point because the historic property location is not securely geocoded.

20. Mylor residence

    1916-06-01 · Mylor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield and Murry moved to Mylor on Cornwall’s southern coast. Settlement-level coordinates.

21. Residence at 3 Gower Street

    1916-09-01 · 3 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield and Murry established a Bloomsbury residence while he worked in military intelligence.

22. Chelsea studio

    1917-02-01 · 141a Church Street, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield moved to a studio in Chelsea, later joined by Ida Baker. Coordinates are an address-level approximation along Church Street.

23. Bandol treatment stay

    1918-01-01 · Hotel Beau Rivage, Bandol, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    Mansfield returned alone to Bandol for health reasons and began Je ne parle pas français at the Hotel Beau Rivage. The source dates this stay January–February 1918; exact historic hotel coordinates are not established.

24. Recovery period at Looe

    1918-01-01 · Looe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield spent part of spring and summer in Looe, Cornwall, with painter Anne Estelle Rice in hopes of recovering her health. Source specifies part of spring and summer 1918 but not an exact arrival date.

25. Winter villa stay at Sanremo

    1918-01-01 · Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

    

    Mansfield and Ida Baker stayed in a villa in Sanremo during the winter spanning 1918 and 1919. The source gives a winter crossing two calendar years; date is recorded at year precision.

26. Paris during German bombardment

    1918-03-01 · Paris, France

    

    Mansfield fled with Ida Baker to Paris, where both were trapped during German bombardment. Settlement-level coordinates.

27. Return to London with Ida Baker

    1918-04-11 · London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield returned to London with Ida Baker after the Paris bombardment episode. Settlement-level coordinates.

28. Marriage to John Middleton Murry

    1918-05-03 · Kensington Registry Office, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield and Murry married at Kensington Registry Office. Coordinates identify the Kensington Town Hall/registry-office area; source misspells Registry.

29. Move to Hampstead

    1918-08-01 · 2 Portland Villas, Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield moved with Murry to 2 Portland Villas in Hampstead, known to them as “the elephant.” Coordinates are an address-area approximation; source contains the typographical word “too.”

30. Journey to San Remo

    1919-09-01 · Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

    

    Mansfield travelled to the Italian Riviera with Murry and Ida Baker as tuberculosis worsened. Source uses the spelling “San Remo”; coordinates use modern Sanremo settlement coordinates.

31. Move to Ospedaletti

    1919-09-01 · Ospedaletti, Liguria, Italy

    

    After Murry left, Mansfield and Ida Baker moved to Casetta Deerholm in Ospedaletti. Coordinates are for Ospedaletti; the precise historic Casetta Deerholm location is not established.

32. L'Hermitage clinic at Menton

    1920-01-01 · Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    Mansfield travelled with Ida Baker to France and entered L’Hermitage, a clinic in Menton. Coordinates are settlement-level; the clinic’s exact historic site is not established.

33. Villa Flora at Menton

    1920-02-01 · Villa Flora, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    Mansfield moved from the clinic to Villa Flora in Menton, staying with her cousin Connie Beauchamp. Coordinates are a representative Menton point; exact historic Villa Flora coordinates are uncertain.

34. Villa Isola Bella at Menton

    1920-09-01 · Villa Isola Bella, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

    

    Mansfield returned with Ida Baker to Menton and resided at Villa Isola Bella while writing and reviewing intensively. Coordinates are a representative Menton point; exact historic villa coordinates are uncertain.

35. Swiss tuberculosis-treatment journey

    1921-05-01 · Switzerland

    

    Mansfield travelled to Switzerland with Ida Baker to investigate treatment by bacteriologist Henri Spahlinge. Country-level coordinates because this initial treatment-investigation journey is not located more specifically in the cited sentence.

36. Chalet des Sapins, Montana

    1921-06-01 · Chalet des Sapins, Montana-sur-Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

    

    Mansfield and Murry rented Chalet des Sapins in the Montana region, a highly productive final period of writing. Coordinates identify Crans-Montana, the modern municipality covering the cited Montana region; exact chalet coordinates are uncertain.

37. Paris X-ray treatment

    1922-02-01 · Paris, France

    

    Mansfield went to Paris for controversial X-ray treatment from the Russian physician Ivan Manoukhin. Settlement-level coordinates.

38. Randogne hotel stay

    1922-06-04 · Randogne, Valais, Switzerland

    

    Mansfield and Murry returned to Switzerland and lived in a hotel at Randogne; she completed The Canary there. Coordinates are for Randogne village; the hotel is not named in the cited sentence.

39. Final London visit

    1922-08-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Mansfield returned to London with Murry and Ida Baker for final meetings with family and friends. Settlement-level coordinates.

40. Residence at Gurdjieff's Institute

    1922-10-01 · Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, Prieuré d'Avon, Avon, France

    

    At Fontainebleau, Mansfield lived as a guest at G. I. Gurdjieff’s Institute under Olgivanna Lazovitch Hinzenburg’s care. The Institute was at the Prieuré near Avon; coordinates are a defensible representative point for that historic estate.

41. Move to Fontainebleau

    1922-10-16 · Prieuré d'Avon, Avon, near Fontainebleau, France

    

    Mansfield moved with Ida Baker to the Fontainebleau area and entered Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man. Coordinates identify Avon near Fontainebleau, where the Institute was located; the cited source uses Fontainebleau as the place-name.

42. Death near Fontainebleau

    1923-01-09 · Prieuré d'Avon, Avon, near Fontainebleau, France

    

    Mansfield suffered a fatal pulmonary haemorrhage and died within the hour at the institute near Fontainebleau. The source states she died within the hour; coordinates identify the Institute site where she had been living.