Ladies of Llangollen Ladies of Llangollen The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were two upper-class Irish women whose relationship during the late 18th and early 19th century scandalized and fascinated their contemporaries. Eleanor Charlotte Butler (11 May 1739 – 2 June 1829) was a member of the Butlers, the Earls (and later Dukes) of Ormond. Butler was considered an over-educated bookworm by her family, who resided at the Butler family seat Kilkenny Castle. She spoke French and was educated in a convent in France. Her mother tried to make her join a convent because she was remaining a spinster. Sarah
The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century Allan Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings W & T Fordyce The Tyne Songster P. France & Co. France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne - 1850 John Marshall Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827 John Ross The Songs of the Tyne by Ross William R Walker The Songs of the Tyne by Walker Thomas Marshall Marshall's A Collection of original local songs The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century The Newcastle Eccentrics were a group of unrelated people who lived in and around the centre of Newcastle and its Quayside between the end of the