On this day in 1895 the National Trust for Places of
Historic Interest or Natural Beauty was founded in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland. (There’s a separate National Trust for Scotland. Don’t ask me why.) The
Trust’s original focus was to protect and preserve English country houses, but
it also holds many gardens and historic urban properties. While we were in
England we visited several National Trust sites, including the Treasurer’s
House in York, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Hadrian's Wall
and Housesteads Roman Fort, Beningbrough Hall, Moulton Hall and the old
coastguard station at Robin Hood’s Bay. We always meant to visit Brimham Rocks,
but we kept finding excuses not to. It was only eleven miles from our home, but
it’s not exactly the sort of place you can take a wheelchair. We very nearly
made it to Hilltop House – Beatrix Potter’s home in Cumbria – only the winding,
bouncy ride there made Heather carsick.
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