Bath: Jane visited bath a few times in her life. Before moving to Bath after her father announced his retirement in 1801, she visited her brother James and his wife in 1797, and then travels there again with her mother in 1799. However, after living at 4 Sydney places, Bath for four years, her father, George Austen, suddenly dies in 1805. Due to the fact that women could not inherit from their fathers, Jane, her mother, and Cassandra are left no choice but to move to 40 Gay Street, Bath.