National Trust's 125-year history began in Wales

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National Trust turns 125: Wales' role in charity's history

More than a century after being donated its first ever place - five acres of cliff top at Barmouth in Gwynedd - National Trust is turning 125.Mrs Talbot was a philanthropist, land owner and friend of two of the charity's founders - Octavia Hill and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.

The 4.5 acres of gorse-covered hillside above the seaside town overlooks Cardigan Bay and the Llŷn peninsula,Red squirrels were brought to Plas Newydd in Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey, where they have successfully bred Mrs Talbot was born in 1824 in Bridgwater, Somerset, and moved to Ty'n-y-Ffynon, on the slopes of Dinas Oleu, following her husband's death and devoted herself to local philanthropic work.

Since those early days the charity has grown to be Europe's largest conservation charity with almost six million members. It preserves more than 250,000 hectares of countryside, 780 miles of coastline and hundreds of special places across Wales, England and Northern Ireland.

 

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