In 1927, a woman bought an English island for £125,000 to create a refuge for animals; she lived reclusively there for 34 years

In 1927, Mary Bonham-Christie paid £125,000 for Brownsea Island in Dorset and began turning the private estate into a refuge where wildlife could flourish away from the bustle of human society. At 62, she withdrew from the social life associated with the island, moved into the Agent’s House on the quay and increasingly kept people away from her property.

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