Grim's Dyke — the lake where Gilbert drowned

London · Storbritannia · Manor

The great brick house at Harrow Weald was built in 1872 and later became the home of the dramatist W.S. Gilbert, one half of Gilbert and Sullivan. He had the garden lake dug in 1900 and supervised the work himself. On 29 May 1911 two young women were swimming there when one got into difficulty in the deep water. Gilbert threw himself in after her, suffered a heart attack and sank. The girl survived. Lady Gilbert had the lake closed off and drained, and the crater has since silted into a scatter of small ponds at the wood's edge. The house is a hotel today, and guests and staff report an Edwardian gentleman on the staircase and footsteps in the corridors after closing. Nobody needs to ask who they think it is.

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Hvor ligger Grim's Dyke — the lake where Gilbert drowned?

Grim's Dyke — the lake where Gilbert drowned ligger i London, Storbritannia.

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