Group    From 1980 

The Beatrix Potter Society

Categories: Literature

Founded to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author.

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The Beatrix Potter Society

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Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter, writer and artist, 1866 to 1943, lived in a house on this sit...

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Dick Whittington

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