Sometimes a project can go on and on re-inventing itself. This is the case with stories from Tattingstone that have seeded: Looking for the Tallyman and The House and now a poem in this collection. As Remembrance Day comes around this year there are numerous arts projects and manifestations of remembrance commemorating 100 years since World War One and we …
Enter Matilda Betham (1777-1852) the fourth lady of Beetham
I was introduced to this woman by Audrey Steeley the Creative Projects Manager at Heron Corn Mill. She sent me a copy of House of Letters (a collection of her correspondences) written by Ernest Betham in 1905. Of course you will see the link here – Betham (Beetham – where the mill is – it’s the family associated with the …