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  • The Round School, Eton College

    The Round School, Eton College

    Among the photographs left by Henry Salt was one of the Round School at Eton College.


  • Kate Salt’s death

    Kate Salt’s death

    Catherine Leigh Salt died in 1919 in Lyme Regis, Dorset


  • Henry Salt’s Sister

    Henry Salt’s Sister

    Ellen Maude Elizabeth Salt, Henry Salt’s sister, died aged just 2.


  • Where did Henry Salt live?

    Where did Henry Salt live?

    This is the most comprehensive list of addresses we have to date, in some cases the house details are missing.


  • Helen Pogosky – Kate’s “terrible-tempered Russian protegée”

    Helen Pogosky – Kate’s “terrible-tempered Russian protegée”

    Helen K. Pogosky was born in Russia around 1874. In 1921 she claimed to be the ‘adopted daughter’ of Salt.


  • BBC Radio broadcast on Henry Salt

    BBC Radio broadcast on Henry Salt

    In 1977 BBC Radio broadcast a feature on Henry Salt, including a contribution from Mrs Catherine Salt.


  • 23 The Crescent, Shrewsbury

    23 The Crescent, Shrewsbury

    Henry Salt spent much of his early childhood at 23 The Crescent, Shrewsbury, the home of his maternal grandparents.


  • 6 Quarry Place, Shrewsbury

    6 Quarry Place, Shrewsbury

    The grandparents and father of Henry Salt live at 6 Quarry Place, Shrewsbury. This remained in their main home for many decades.


  • Gelli Cottage, Capel Curig

    Gelli Cottage, Capel Curig

    Henry and Kate Salt stayed many times in Gelli Cottage, Capel Curig, when on their holidays in Snowdonia. Salt referred to it in his books ‘On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills’ and ‘The Story of my Cousins’.