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...Spooky Haunts & Tales Of The Otherworld
Setting up home together in 1778, Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and Miss Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) - the ‘Ladies of Llangollen’ - may be the first openly lesbian couple in UK history. Far from being shunned by society, they became national celebrities and were visited by the likes of poets William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron. Dr Mary Gordon wrote about her ghostly conversation with the ladies when she stayed at Plas Newydd in the 1930s in her book The Flight of the Wild Goose. The ladies make a return visit to their beloved mansion every Christmas Eve - when their ghosts can only be seen by men.
Plas Newydd, Llangollen
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- Region : North West Wales
- Grid Ref : SJ 21853 41620
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Setting up home together in 1778, Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and Miss Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) - the ‘Ladies of Llangollen’ - may be the first openly lesbian couple in UK history. Far from being shunned by society, they became national celebrities and were visited by the likes of poets William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron. Dr Mary Gordon wrote about her ghostly conversation with the ladies when she stayed at Plas Newydd in the 1930s in her book The Flight of the Wild Goose. The ladies make a return visit to their beloved mansion every Christmas Eve - when their ghosts can only be seen by men.
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