The Beatrix Potter Society - On this day in 1945 William Heelis, husband of Beatrix Potter, died in Parey Crost Nursing Home, York. The joint Heelis properties, over 4,000 acres with seventeen
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BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943) English writer and naturalist with her husband William Heelis in 1913 Stock Photo - Alamy
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The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library on Twitter: "🎊 #Happybirthday #BeatrixPotter! 🎊 Photo: Beatrix Potter with her husband, William Heelis, on their wedding day in 1913 (Bridgeman Images) https://t.co/LPFmeZTXdq" / Twitter
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