Buckle Yeat is situated in the village of Near Sawrey. The name Buckle Yeat is over 300 years old and it means fasten the gate.In years gone by the gate referred to would be the gate to the village. Near Sawrey was once home to the children's writer Beatrix Potter about whom the movie Miss Potter is all about. Hill Top Farm where she wrote many of her stories is a museum and is open to the public.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
01/03/2010
A couple of shots of St Michael's in Hawkshead, I noticed a gravestone of a Mr John Eccles, it said of Liverpool and passed away in his house Mount cottage in Sawrey, Thomas Eccles of Liverpool once owned Buckle Yeat, there must be a connection, I will have to do some detective work starting off with Mount Cottage Sawrey??
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