Hardwicke Rawnsley – known to his family and intimates as "Hardie" – was born at the rectory, Shiplake, Oxfordshire on 28 September 1851. He was the second son and fourth of the ten children of the Rev Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley (1817–1882) and his wife, Catherine Ann, née Franklin (1818–1892). In 1862 Drummond Rawnsley accepted the post of vicar of Halton …

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.In Scotland, there is a separate and independent National Trust for Scotland.. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to …

Keswick (/ ˈ k ɛ z ɪ k / KEZ-ik) is a market town and civil parish in the Allerdale Borough in Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of Cumberland.It lies within the Lake District National Park, Keswick is just north of Derwentwater and is four miles (six kilometres) from Bassenthwaite Lake.It had a population of 5,243 at the 2011 census. ...

28 May – Hardwicke Rawnsley, clergyman, hymnodist and conservationist (born 1851) 4 June – John Bruce Glasier, Scottish-born socialist politician (born 1859) 5 June – Rhoda Broughton, novelist (born 1840) 10 July – John ("Jackie") Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, admiral (born 1841) 17 July – Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet, studio potter ...

1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1851st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 851st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1851, the Gregorian calendar was 12 …

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904.The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure.

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era.He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.. Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel …

Helen Beatrix Potter (/ ˈ b iː ə t r ɪ k s /, 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first published work in 1902.Her books, including 23 Tales, have sold more than 250 million copies.

Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philosophical concept that became popular in the twentieth century, which maintains that cities as products of centuries’ development should be …

Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England.They are located in the Lake District between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of Windermere.The two lie on the B5285, which runs from Hawkshead to the west bank of the Windermere Ferry, a car ferry across Windermere 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) to the east of the …