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The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple. Their relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries. [ 1 ]
Plas Newydd Engraving of Plas Newydd in 1840, by W.L. Walton (fl. 1834–1855).. Plas Newydd (/ p l æ s ˈ n oʊ ɪ ð /, Welsh pronunciation: [ˈplaːs ˈnɛu̯ɨð]; "new hall" or "new mansion") is a historic house in the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, and was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, for nearly 50 years.
The churchyard contains the grave of the Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Charlotte Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, and their servant Mary Carryl, who lived at the nearby Plas Newydd. In November 2021 the first blessing of a gay partnership in a Church in Wales church was held at St Collen's. The church is an active parish church in the Diocese of St Asaph
Garden [44] The gardens of Plas Newydd are now a public park in Llangollen, which contain most of the surviving structures of the late 18th–early 19th century gardens of the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby) in the Picturesque style. The gardens date to between 1780 and 1831, and are to the north-east, east and south of ...
Woodstock House and Estate is a derelict Georgian house and estate located near Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the west bank of the River Nore. The Ladies of Llangollen story began here and Mary Tighe died here. The house was destroyed by presumed arson after it was used a billet by the British army during Ireland's War of Independence.
Mary Carryl's memorial is shared with the Ladies of Llangollen in the local church. In time Eleanor and Sarah would become notorious as "The Ladies of Llangollen", meanwhile Carryl became both their servant and the head of the household. She was loyal to her employers.
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They moved to Llangollen in North Wales where they set up home with Carryl as housekeeper, and lived at Plas Newydd, where they were known as the Ladies of Llangollen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By his third wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Barker, 3rd Baronet of Kilcooly Abbey , he was the father of Mary, who married Thomas Barton of Grove House, Fethard ...