Hardwicke Rawnsley
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Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley was an Anglican priest, poet, local politician and conservationist. He became nationally and internationally known as one of the three founders of the National Trust for Pl
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Parish church at Shiplake in Oxfordshire. Rawnsley was born in the rectory.
Octavia Hill (top) and Emma Cons
St Margaret, Low Wray, where Rawnsley was vicar from 1877 to 1883
Friars' Crag
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Friars' Crag, sometimes spelled Friar's Crag or Friars Crag, is a promontory overlooking Derwentwater near Keswick, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It is a popular site with visitors and was ac
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…less healthy and happy country if [Rawnsley] had not lived and worked." To commemorate him, the National Trust raised funds soon after his death to buy Friars' Crag, Lord's Island and other land bordering Derwentwater. A memorial stone is set in the wall alongside the path from the Keswick landing stages to the end…
Friars' Crag seen from Derwentwater
Memorial to John Ruskin at Friars' Crag
Memorial to Hardwicke Rawnsley
Friars' Crag from the lake shore looking north