Talk:Hannah Hauxwell

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I've just come across the book on Hannah Hauxwell, would be nice if you would re-introduce her to the public in America, as with Beatrix Potter. Her life, as a poor Yorkshire farmer, was a tribute to her land, her farm, and the animals. I really admire her relentless dedication in such conditions & would love to have and hear more about her, her animals, and the love of the freedom of her land. k

LOW BIRK HATT

Having stood on the "top road" and looked down on Hannah's loved family home,I know she would like to see it spelled correctly in Wikipedia - Low Birk Hatt. 124.176.245.239 (talk) 10:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

If "Hatt" is definitely correct then feel free to change it. I changed it to "Hat" as that was the spelling in a 2007 Yorkshire Post article. Keithmall (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely 'Low Birk Hatt' - that's how it's spelt in the books and on the DVDs that my family have. From what I've seen the newspapers sometimes use 'Hat', but I can't really figure out why. I'll change it to Hatt again. Shocked by the Yorkshire Post spelling it incorrectly though - of all the papers there are they should have got it right! Alfirin (talk) 17:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

If you follow the link to the geohack page for the farm's location you can view it on maps from a number of sources. Most of them spell it "Hat". In particular the Ordnance Survey maps do so, which will probably be viewed as authoritative by UK readers. I think the "Hatt" spelling has more character, but "Hat" appears to have some quite authoritative users. Butlerinstitute (talk) 09:24, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I strongly suspect that both versions are in error. It was probably called 'Birkett', my guess would be that either Birk Hat(t) are a failure of someone in the past to properly hear or spell the correct name. PeterM88 (talk) 22:06, 27 November 2016 (UTC)