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Day Book and Journal of Lady Eleanor Butler
Photocopies of the journal for 1819 of Lady Eleanor Butler, one of the Ladies of Llangollen, and of her daybook, 1806, containing jottings of conversations and anecdotes, 1805-6.
Ladies of Llangollen
Collection of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sara Ponsonby's correspondence, journals, and other materials from the National Library of Wales.
The Hamwood Papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton
Correspondence of Lady Eleanor Butler and Caroline Hamilton.
The Llangollen Ladies
"Lady Butler and Miss Ponsonby were certainly an odd pair. Born to noble Irish families in the mid Eighteenth Century, they departed in 1778 - flew away like wild geese - to Wales where they settled together in a three-bay stone-built cottage in Llangollen which they re-named Plas Newydd ('the New Mansion'). Professedly living in retirement from the world, they moved in local society, received successions of distinguished visitors, espoused eccentricity, and made it their business to become a legend in their lifetime. They transformed their house, adding a Gothic library and much else. The porch and door are a riot of fragments, and the tiny entrance hall and the staircase are indescribably encrusted. So too is the Oak Room, with its Spanish leather, dated 1814 above the fireplace. They installed a great deal of stained glass. They had a mania for collecting carved oak. The grand house, Plas Newydd, is in a fine state of preservation, care of the County Council, and is well worth exploring, inside and out. It stands in memory of two of the most peculiar and interesting people ever to be part of the long and varied history of North Wales"--Amazon.com.
