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  • Location: Bamburgh, Farne Islands

Grace Darling – Family and Friends Readers 5

Grace Darling – Family and Friends Readers 5

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1838: The remarkable story of a woman who sailed out in rough seas to save people from drowning

  • ISBN: 978-0194802864
  • Genre: Childrens

What you need to know before your trail

In 1838 a young woman named Grace Darling was thrown into the spotlight after helping her lighthouse keeper father to save a group of people who had been shipwrecked on the rocks in a storm.

Travel Guide

Grace Darling

Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper’s daughter,who is now famous for having rowed a boat out to the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838.  She wanted to see if she could help rescue them

The boat ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England; nine members of her crew were saved.

Streetview Maps

A) Bamburgh - Grace Darling museum
B) Farne Islands - Grace Darling sailed here

Booktrail Boarding Pass Information:  Grace Darling – Family and Friends Readers 5

Author/Guide: OUP Oxford Destination: Bamburgh, Farne Islands Departure Time: 1838

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