Information AboutBeatrice Chase |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT BEATRICE CHASE | |
| 1874 births | |
| chase, beatrice | |
| 1955 deaths | |
| british novelists | |
| dartmoor | |
| people from harrow | |
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She was born in Harrow , Middlesex , in 1874 , but settled in a cottage on the outskirts of the Dartmoor village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor . She was often to be seen sitting at her writing desk, beside her favourite window. Here she wrote many novels, including ''The Heart of the Moor'', ''The Ghost of the Moor'' and the appropriately titled ''Through a Dartmoor Window''. Her passion for Dartmoor is evident in her writing, and she often campaigned to protect the landscape from modern developments - such as its use by the British Army . Indeed, Beatrice Chase was often referred to as 'The Lady of the Moor'. She died in 1955 , and was buried in Widecombe churchyard. The small granite cross on her grave is inscribed with Beatrice Chase on one side and Olive Katharine Parr on the other. |