Anna Letitia Barbauld lived in Warrington from the age of 15 to 30, where her father taught at a Nonconformist Protestant academy. This environment encouraged her literary talents and intellectual development.  The Saxons established a new settlement here, and by the Middle Ages, Warrington had emerged as a market town. Warrington Academy was a prominent Dissenting academy where Barbauld's father, John Aikin, served as a tutor. The academy attracted many notable intellectuals and educators.  Joseph Priestley, a renowned scientist and theologian, moved to Warrington in 1761 to teach at the academy. Barbauld became close friends with Priestley and his wife, and his work inspired Baarbauld's own writing.  Barbauld's early poems were circulated among teachers and students at Warrington Academy.  In 1774, Barbauld married Rochemont Barbauld, who had also been associated with Warrington Academy.

“Anna Lætitia Aikin Barbauld (1743-1825).” Upenn.edu, 2025, www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/barbauld/biography.html. Accessed 4 May 2025.