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  • 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’.


  • St. Hubert and Exeter Cathedral

    St. Hubert and Exeter Cathedral

    The story of a protest against the desecration of the Cathedral, by the erection in it of a stained-glass window glorifying a stag-hunter and stag-hunting


  • Jon Wynne-Tyson and Centaur Press

    Jon Wynne-Tyson and Centaur Press

    Wynne-Tyson’s books explored a wide range of topics, from vegetarianism and animal rights to literature.


  • Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr. Henry Salt

    Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr. Henry Salt

    “My pastime has been writing sermons in plays, sermons preaching what Salt practised. Salt was original and in his way unique.” George Bernard Shaw