Hannah: The Complete Story

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He died when she was still a girl and her uncle moved in to try to make a go of it. Then her mother died, followed by her uncle. And by the age of 34, she was alone. A year after moving in, the Dants began building up a small herd of pedigree Belted Galloway cattle. Over the years dozens of the rare breed animals have been reared at Low Birk Hatt, the distinctive white-belted animals becoming a familiar sight in their part of Baldersdale.

The couple have decided to sell up and retire after renovating the farm and rearing rare breed cattle. The farmhouse retains much of its charm and unique features since it underwent a renovation almost 20 years ago The ‘Baldersdale Belties’ have given us a lot of pleasure, especially when a new calf arrives,” said Robin, 71, who was a potato specialist for crisp maker Walkers before taking early retirement. The property’s many period features include the old hooks that the Hauxwells used for hanging meat. There are some in the sitting room, which Hannah revealed was “only ever used for funerals and pig killings”. Hauxwell was an only child, born in the North Riding of Yorkshire at Sleetburn, Baldersdale, where her parents, William and Lydia (nee Tallentire), rented a farm. Three years later they bought Low Birk Hatt. The family suffered hard times during the Depression. When Hannah was six, her father died and her Uncle Tommy took over the running of the farm. She attended Baldersdale school up to the age of 14 and when her uncle died – three years after the death of her mother – she was left to farm alone.

Her softly-spoken, often comical observations, delighted viewers, who were brought to tears as she battled the elements wearing ragged clothing to make sure her cows were fed and watered. EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Kate Middleton stayed home to help George with exams as William travelled to Singapore this month. Now, proud parents face a dilemma over whether to send their elder son to single-sex school next Each team comprises three people who will adhere to the current social distancing regulations,” he added. Now the farm has been put up for sale by its current owners Ann and Robin Dant who bought the 15 acre smallholding in Baldersdale, near Barnard Castle, from Miss Hauxwell in the late 1980s. After almost three decades, by 1988, it all got a bit much and she relocated into a cottage six miles away down the valley in the village of Cotherstone, near Barnard Castle.

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The sales brochure says: “Low Birk Hatt is a desirable small residentially attractive Dales hill farm extending to 15 acres. Yet the war had finished decades earlier, and Hannah was still living alone on her remote smallholding where little had changed since the 19th century. Pictured: 'Hardworking' married father, 40, shot dead by police as he threatened to take his own life

Over the years, a new access road was created, a borehole sunk for water, and a septic tank installed. Dale, Sharon. "The exclusive inside story on the renovation of Hannah Hauxwell's farm". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk . Retrieved 6 May 2021. THE final resting place of Hannah Hauxwell, the solitary dale farmer who found TV fame, is to get a spruce up thanks to a new scheme.

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Hannah Hauxwell, who sprang to fame at home and abroad after appearing in several BBC documentaries about how she eked out a meagre living in Baldersdale without such comforts as electricity or running water, was buried at Romaldkirk Cemetery after her death on January 30, 2018, aged 91. Revealed: From a mother and her daughters aged four and two, to an 85-year-old grandmother feared to have been killed last week... the 13 Israeli hostages finally free from the clutches of Hamas