Grace Darling
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Grace Horsley Darling was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame. The paddlesteamer ra
Portrait by Thomas Musgrave Joy, 1839
Lighthouse at Longstone: The upper window in the white ring was Grace Darling's bedroom, from which she saw the wreckage of the Forfarshire.
Grace Darling at the Forfarshire by Thomas Musgrave Joy
The replica headstone above the grave of Grace Darling and her family, St Aidan's churchyard, Bamburgh. The weathered original is on display at the RNLI Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh.
Bamburgh
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Bamburgh is a village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, decreasing to 414 at the 2011 census.
Grace Darling
…England; eight members of the crew and one passenger, Sarah Dawson, were saved. Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's house in Bamburgh, Northumberland. She was the seventh of nine children (four brothers and four sisters) born to William and Thomasin Darling, and when only a few weeks…
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St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
Bamburgh village and surroundings
Bamburgh seen from the castle