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| Brackenburn Lodge, Above Derwent | ||
| Brackenburn Lodge | ||
| Brackenburn | ||
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | garden | |
| coordinates:- | NY24911918 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2419 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY21 | |
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 BOG17.jpg (taken 5.10.2007)  BOG18.jpg Plaque:- "HUGH WALPOLE / NOVELIST / LIVED AND WROTE HERE / 1924-1941" (taken 5.10.2007) |
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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, 1884-1941, author, lived here from 1923 to 1941. He wrote:- |
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| The Cathedral, 1922 |
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| The Old Ladies, 1924 |
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| Harmer John, 1926 |
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| Rogue Herries, 1930 |
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| Judith Paris, 1931 |
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| The Fortress, 1932 |
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| Vanessa, 1933 |
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| etc; the last four form the Herries Chronicle, set in Borrowdale. |
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| Longville, Tim &Corbett, Val (photr): 2007: Gardens of the Lake District: Lincoln,
Frances (London) |
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| personal | ||
| person:- | author : Walpole, Hugh, Sir |
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| place:- | home | |
| date:- | 1923 to 1941 |
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