The end for Beatrix Potter's dream farm.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: February 12, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By Tony Henderson

The National Trust is pressing ahead with plans to split up a Lake District farm bequeathed to it by writer Beatrix Potter.

To protect the landscape from development Beatrix Potter bought up tracts of the Lake District, including traditional farms such as High Yewdale, near Coniston.

It was part of the Monk Coniston estate, which came on to the market in the 1930s. The trust bought half and Beatrix Potter secured the other...

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