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Beatrix
Potter's Hill Top
Farm is still in the care of the National Trust and
remains one of the most-visited places in Cumbria.
The
Beatrix Potter
Attraction in Bowness on Windermere draws visitors
from all over the world - we went along to find out more.
BBC
News
A visitor to Antiques Roadshow was told his collection of
Beatrix Potter artwork is valued at £250,000!
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Peter
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The official site for the characters. Great for kids.
Hop
Skip Jump
The website for the World of Beatrix Potter Atrraction.
Beatrix
Potter
More about the author and her life in Cumbria.
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Beatrix
Potter was born in London but visited Cumbria for holidays
as a child.
She
bought land in the Lake District and kept Herdwick sheep.
One
of the first people to buy The Tale of Peter Rabbit
was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes!
After
her death, she donated14 farms, 4000 acres of land and her
sheep to the National Trust.
She
is quoted as saying, "Thank goodness I was never sent
to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality."
In
2001, it was discovered that Potter may have taken the characters
names from people buried in a cemetery in London. Names on
headstones included Mr Nutkin, Mr McGregor, Jeremiah Fisher,
Tommy Brock - and even a Peter Rabbett!
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Beatrix
Potter first visited Cumbria when she was 16. It was then that she
began watching the animals in the countryside and gardens which
became the characters in her books.
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Jeremy
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Beatrix
was born in London in 1866. Back in the city after her holidays,
her sketches and paintings of animals in Cumbria were turned into
greetings cards for her friends and relatives.
The
Tale of Peter Rabbit started life as a story in a letter to a young
relative - it was published as a children's book in 1902.
In
1903, Beatrix used money from the book's success to buy Hill Top
Farm near Sawrey. Later - in 1909 - she bought Castle Farm nearby.
After her marriage in 1913, Beatrix began life as a Cumbrian farmer.
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Tommy
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She
became skilled in breeding Herdwick sheep, winning shows with her
animals and she was even elected the president of the Herdwick Breeders'
Association - the first woman to hold that position.
Beatrix
bequeathed her estate - 4000 acres of farmland plus 14 farms - to
the National Trust. After she died, the property and countryside
formed one of the first donations to the Trust.
Frederick
Warne & Co. is the owner of all copyrights and trademarks of the
Beatrix Potter characters, names and illustrations.
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