A HAMPSHIRE museum was presented with a new £10 note.

The Jane Austen Museum in Chawton was handed the note by the Bank of England’s chief cashier Victoria Cleland as part of a year-long series of events to mark the 200th year of her death.

The presentation comes just days after the new note was issued, which features a portrait of the author who is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

Ms Cleland said: “It is wonderful to visit Chawton and see Jane Austen’s 12-sided writing desk, which is featured in the new £10 note design, as well as walk in her footsteps. What a wonderful way to celebrate this renowned author, in the 200th anniversary of her death. It truly feels like I’ve brought Jane home.”

As well as the note, Victoria presented the museum with a special print based on the banknote design - which will go to auction to raise money for vital building repairs to the author’s Grade I listed former home and the place where she completed her novels.

Mary Guyatt, Jane Austen’s House museum curator, said: “We are so pleased to receive this donation of one of the first Jane Austen banknotes.”