Gillbank Cottage is a luxury 400-year-old self-catering Lake District cottage sleeping 10, located in the Eskdale valley, one of the loveliest areas of the Lakes, in the beautiful hamlet of Boot. Once owned by William Wordsworth, the well appointed detached property boasts many period features, ample gardens, and access by private road.
 Gillbank Cottage, The Lake District, Cumbria, England
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A.D. Lindsay, the Queen Mother, and Tessa Lindsay Smith at the opening of Keele University
A.D. Lindsay, the Queen Mother, and Tessa Lindsay Smith at the opening of Keele University

Hsiao Li, Michael and two children at the Masters Lodge, Baliol College, Oxford shortly after their return from China December 1945
Hsiao Li Lindsay, Michael Lindsay, James Lindsay (on lap), Erica Lindsay (standing) at the Masters Lodge, Balliol College, Oxford shortly after their return from China in December 1945. They are still dressed in their Chinese clothes after the long journey by seaplane to Poole and train to Oxford. For more about their story, see Bold Plum

Fatima Jabrell and Jim Lindsay, business partners in Sun Fire Cooking, Somalia
Fatima Jabrell and Jim Lindsay, business partners in Sun Fire Cooking, Somalia

Sketch of Gillbank Mill on Whillan Beck by Horace Stubbs
Sketch of Gillbank Mill on Whillan Beck by Horace Stubbs from the Whitehaven News 1999
 
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