Final Years
In
1948 Arthur and Evgenia moved to Lowick Hall, a large house in the
Crake valley, but its upkeep proved too much for them, and in 1950
they moved to a flat in Fulham, London, where they lived quietly for
13 years. However, they still took regular holidays in the Lake
District, at Hilltop Cottage, Haverthwaite, leading to a decision in
1963 to buy that property and move north. This was to be their last
move, as in October 1965 Arthur Ransome became seriously ill and was
moved to Cheadle Royal Hospital, Manchester, where he died on 3rd
June 1967, aged 83. His wife Evgenia died eight years later in 1975,
and both Arthur and Evgenia are buried in Rusland Churchyard.
During his life Arthur Ransome also wrote many short stories and two uncompleted works, The River Comes First and Coots in the North. These have now been published. The twelve ‘Swallows and Amazons’ books have been published world-wide, in hard-back and paper-back format, and in many languages, and they have never been out of print. They are regarded as classics of children’s literature.

