 Despite declining the invitation to perform, Anne remained friends with the Boltons, and with their successors at Hackwood Park.Anne's letters, written mostly to her son Christopher Edward (1785–1856) in the period 1800–1804, depict a lively social life with many engagements.The family of Jane Austen lived in the neighbouring parish of Steventon, and the Lefroy and Austen families were close.