Arthur Henry Hallam died in Vienna on September 15, 1833. His body was then sent from Dover (on the east coast of England) to Clevedon Church (on the west coast), where he was buried on January 3 of the following year. Tennyson makes allusions to Clevedon Church in In Memoriam A.H.H. In poem XVIII, Tennyson writes that “where he in English earth is laid / And from his ashes may be made / The violet of his native land” and “Among familiar names to rest / And in the places of his youth.” These lines reference Hallam’s familiarity with Clevedon, his mother's family home. In poem XIX, he writes: “The Danube to the Severn gave / The darkened heart that beat no more” referencing the fact that Hallam’s body was sent from Vienna to Clevedon. Note the church’s proximity to the water. Tennyson incorrectly imagines the body coming from the Danube directly to the Bristol Canal in poem XIX, perhaps because, overcome with grief, he did not attend the funeral.