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Elsie Marley was an alewife (an antiquated term for either the wife of the landlord, or the licensee of an inn or public house) in Picktree, a suburb of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. == Life and legend == Elsie Marley (her maiden name was Harrison), was the first wife of Ralph Marley, who kept a public house at Picktree, a suburb of Chester-le-Street, County Durham. This inn bore the sign of the Swan, with the appropriate motto:- “The Swan doth love the water clear, And so does man good ale and beer.” She was a handsome, buxom, bustling landlady, and by her efforts, made the Swan a financial success. However, on the march towards Scotland during the Jacobite risings in 1745, the Dutch mercenary troops used the inn for target practice, and it remained derelict and in a battered condition for many years after. Elsie suffered from a long and severe illness, and was found drowned in a pond near Bygo; it was presumed she had accidentally fallen in, and because of her weak state, had been unable to climb out. Elsie had a son, Harrison Marley, who in turn had a son (Elsie’s grandson) called Ralph, who was known to be alive c. 1825. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elsie Marley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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