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5 unusual facts about Anna Sewell


Abson

Blue Lodge, one of the houses, was once the home of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty.

Buxton, Norfolk

Buxton's main claim to fame is as the home village and burial place of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty.

Sewell Park College

The name of the school comes from Philip Sewell, the brother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.

Tracy Park

Tracy Park is thought to be the inspiration for Birtwick Park, home of Black Beauty in the book by Anna Sewell.

Wick, Gloucestershire

Nearby Blue Lodge was once the home of Black Beauty author Anna Sewell and Tracy Park on the Bath Road (now a golf club called The Park) was thought to be the inspiration for Black Beauty's Birtwick Park.



see also

Lucy Kemp-Welch

She is best known for her illustrations to the 1915 edition of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty.