Hope Bourne (
Hartland,
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
, 1920
22 August 2010
) was a self-sufficient painter and writer
who lived alone in primitive cottages
and a
caravan on
Exmoor
Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area, two miles north-west of Simonsbath ...
,
surviving by growing her own vegetables, fishing, and hunting for rabbits.
Known as the Lady of Exmoor,
she wrote five books on Exmoor and one novel set in
North Devon, was the subject of three TV documentaries
and contributed a weekly column to ''The West Somerset Free Press''.
References
1920 births
2010 deaths
20th-century English women writers
20th-century English women artists
British non-fiction writers
English women painters
People from North Devon (district)
Artists from Devon
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