Laburnum House, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, UK
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bill&ben
N 54° 13.632 W 002° 46.161
30U E 515036 N 6008825
A plaque giving a brief history of Laburnum House.
Waymark Code: WMZ2PF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/01/2018
Views: 1
The plaque reads
“LABURNUM HOUSE.
Dating from c1828 the house, possibly designed by George Webster, is said to have contained Milnthorpe's first water closet. In the 1830s the Misses Burrow ran a girls' school here. Later residents included Dr Wilson in the 1850s, Dr McLeod c1910 and, in the interwar period, the Kendal brewer A J Miles whose son Richard won the DFC in 1941. In 1954 the house attracted worldwide attention when its tenant, Dr Edward Hopkinson, claimed, after his electricity had been cut off, to have illuminated his house by generating power from an 'atomic egg'. Eventually, after a sensational trial, 'Dr Hoppy' was found 'guilty of stealing electricity from the public supply'.”
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Milnthorpe Parish Council
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