Sarah Ponsonby (BU/5), Cadbury Research Library
Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) lived initially in Woodstock, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sarah Ponsonby met Lady Eleanor Butler in 1768 and became involved in a romantic friendship. In 1778, rather than be forced into arranged marriages by their respective families, they left Ireland and set up home together in Wales. The house they shared for over 50 years until their deaths was situated near the town of Llangollen, and they were known as ‘The Ladies of Llangollen’. They were well known for buying large quantities of books, and we have a note concerning payment for books to Lackington, Allen & Co., written by Sarah Ponsonby in 1812. Ref: BU/5.
Text by Jennifer Childs, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
Sarah Ponsonby (BU/5), Cadbury Research Library
Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) lived initially in Woodstock, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sarah Ponsonby met Lady Eleanor Butler in 1768 and became involved in a romantic friendship. In 1778, rather than be forced into arranged marriages by their respective families, they left Ireland and set up home together in Wales. The house they shared for over 50 years until their deaths was situated near the town of Llangollen, and they were known as ‘The Ladies of Llangollen’. They were well known for buying large quantities of books, and we have a note concerning payment for books to Lackington, Allen & Co., written by Sarah Ponsonby in 1812. Ref: BU/5.
Text by Jennifer Childs, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.