Hannah Hauxwell: The life of the 'daughter of the Dales' in pictures
By Grace Newton
Published 25th Jan 2019, 12:04 BST
Updated 25th Jan 2019, 13:08 BST
Farmer Hannah Hauxwell pictured in March 1979. | YPN
It is now just over six years since world-famous Dales farmer Hannah Hauxwell passed away.
Known as 'the daughter of the Dales', she farmed alone at a remote smallholding in the North Pennines for most of her adult life, enduring harsh winters and spartan living conditions. She finally retired in the late 1980s, moved to a cottage and lived to the age of 91. Hannah shot to global fame in 1973, when Yorkshire Television shot the documentary Too Long a Winter in her isolated dale, and she gained a huge following in the USA.
Hannah during snowfall at her farm in March 1979
Hannah was admired for her self-sufficiency and lack of materialism
Hannah in 2008. She had lived alone since her parents' deaths when she was in her 30s, and could go two weeks without speaking to another person.
After retiring from the farm in the 1980s when the work became too much, Hannah moved to the nearby village of Cotherstone and lived in a cottage. She is pictured outside her new home in 2007.
Hannah celebrating Yorkshire Day with relative Jack Robinson in 2007.
Hannah spoke on camera about how she would sometimes sleep in the byre with her cows to keep warm on the coldest nights.
Hannah's farmhouse was called Low Birk Hatt - it's since been converted into a modern family home by new owners.
Hannah drew her water for washing, drinking and cooking from this stream, as she had no plumbing.
