On 29 March 1895, Dinas Oleu became our first piece of land that we would protect for everyone, for ever. The 4.5 acres of land was donated by Mrs Fanny Talbot, a reasonably wealthy land owner, philanthropist and friend of Octavia Hill and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, two of our founders.
Mrs Talbot was born in 1824 in Bridgwater, Somerset. She moved to Ty'n-y-Ffynon, on the slopes of Dinas Oleu, following her husband’s death, George Tertius Talbot in 1873 and devoted herself to local philanthropic work.