My Beloved and I: The Ladies of Llangollen
Two women climbed out of their windows in 1778, dressed as men, and ran for the sea.
Drift off to sleep with the story of the Ladies of Llangollen. Lady Eleanor Butler of Kilkenny Castle and the orphaned Sarah Ponsonby met in 1768, planned a life together for ten years, and eloped on the night of 30 March 1778 with a pistol and a small dog. They were caught and brought home. They refused to give up. With the help of Sarah's maid, Mary Carryl, they wore their families down, and in May 1778 the "two fugitive ladies" crossed to Wales.
They settled in a stone cottage above Llangollen and named it…
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