Beatrix learned to drive a pony carriage, fished trout in the Rover Lea, and produced detailed sketches of the Hall and paper mill, which then existed close by. Beatrix Potter in Hertfordshire focuses on the influence this county played on her later work.īeatrix’s grandparents lived at Camfield Place in Essendon. Beatrix described Camfield as the “place I love best in the world” some of the happiest periods of her childhood were spent there. Camfield inspired many of her books. Mr McGregor’s garden was based on one of the estate cottage gardens, and Nanny Netticoat in Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes (1922) was based on her nanny at Camfield.įor longer stays in Hertfordshire, Beatrix’s father, Rupert, rented houses close by. In the summer of 1883, he rented Woodfield in Essendon. During her stay there Beatrix sketched local wildlife and fished in local ponds. In 1884 her father rented Bush Hall, close to Mill Green Mill & Museum, for 25 guineas a month from Henry Kendall. She thought the local area was picturesque and praised its “select society” and close proximity to London. Copyright (c) Frederick Warne & Co., 1909, 2002īeatrix Potter in Hertfordshire exhibition at Mill Green Museum, 24 July – 31 October 2010Īcclaimed children’s author and illustrator Helen Beatrix Potter was born on the 28 July 1866 in Kensington, West London, but spent many of her summers in Hertfordshire.
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