Troutbeck Park is a farm to the north of Troutbeck village in

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. In 1923, there was a risk of it being sold for development, so

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was he ...

bought it and kept it as a working farm. She bred

Herdwick sheep The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District in North West England. The name "Herdwick" is derived from the Old Norse ''herdvyck'', meaning sheep pasture. Though low in lambing capacity and perceived wool quality when com ...

there with the help of shepherd Tom Storey. When she died in 1943 she was president-elect of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders' Association, though she died before she could take up office. It was one of the fourteen farms which Beatrix Potter left to the

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when she died.

External links

Troutbeck Park farm on visitcumbria website
Farms in Cumbria National Trust properties in the Lake District {{Cumbria-geo-stub