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Lacock
Lacock is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Chippenham, and about outside the Cotswolds area. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance. The parish includes Bowden Hill, a small village to the east of Lacock, and the hamlets of Bewley Common, Notton and Reybridge. The Chippenham–Melksham section of the A350 road, A350 primary route crosses the parish from north to south, as does the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon. A scarecrow festival is held annually in Lacock and is popular with visitors from the local area. All funds raised are donated to Lacock Primary School. History Lacock is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, with a population of 160–190; with two mills and a vineyard. Lacock Abbey was founded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order. The abbey remained a nunnery until the Dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century; it was then sold to Sir William Sharington who converted the convent into a residence where he and his family lived. It was fortified and remained loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, but surrendered to the Parliamentary forces once Devizes had fallen in 1645. The house was built over the old cloisters and its main rooms are on the first floor. It is a stone house with stone slated roofs, twisted chimney stacks and mullioned windows. Throughout the life of the building, many architectural alterations, additions, and renovations have occurred so that the house is a mish-mash of different periods and styles. The Tudor stable courtyard to the north of the house has retained many of its original features includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Cyriac's Church, Lacock
St Cyriac's Church is a 14th-century Church of England church in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire. History The Norman architecture base to the current church, funded jointly by local landowners Edward of Salisbury of Lacock and William II, Count of Eu of Lackham, may have been built on the site of a previously established Saxon architecture, Saxon church. It is dedicated to a Norman saint, Cyriacus, St. Cyriac. The interior has many later monuments to local landowners, including the Baynards, Bonhams, Crokes, Sharingtons, Talbots and Awdreys. The church was partly rebuilt in the 14th century, with Decorated Period, decorated tracery in a north transept window. But with Lacock a prosperous market town on the Livestock transportation, sheep droving route from Bath, Somerset, Bath to London, a more extensive 15th-century rebuild was undertaken from the substantial local tax revenues. This created the Perpendicular Period, perpendicular church on a traditional cruciform plan that exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowden Hill
Bowden Hill is a village in Wiltshire, England, in Lacock parish about south of Chippenham and to the east of Lacock village. Bowden Hill has about 50 houses, a pub, and a small industrial estate. Origins of the name The spelling 'Bowdon Hill' was used on Andrews’ and Dury’s maps of 1773 and 1810. There are a number of theories around why the village got its name. One is that the name comes from the old English words 'bow', meaning bow shaped, and 'dun' meaning hill. However, alternative theories suggest the name comes from a corruption of 'bdl' (meaning dwelling) into 'bow' meaning 'hill slope on which are dwellings'. Another theory from 'Wiltshire Collections' by Aubrey and Jackson suggests that the name means 'the winding hill'. Location Bowden Hill sits on the side of a hill and rises up from the River Avon, at an elevation of 50m, to its peak at 172m above sea level. The village has views to the south and south-west of the river's flood plain and is surrounded by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot (; 11 February 180017 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. He was the holder of a controversial patent that affected the early development of commercial photography in Britain. He was also a noted photographer who contributed to the development of photography as an artistic medium. He published '' The Pencil of Nature'' (1844–1846), which was illustrated with original salted paper prints from his calotype negatives and made some important early photographs of Oxford, Paris, Reading, and York. A polymath, Talbot was elected to the Royal Society in 1831 for his work on the integral calculus, and researched in optics, chemistry, electricity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sharington
knight, Sir William Sharington (born in around 1495, died before 6 July 1553) was an English landowner and merchant, a courtier of the time of Henry VIII, master and Embezzlement, embezzler of the Bristol Mint (coin), Mint, member of parliament, List of conspiracies (political), conspirator, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire. Early life Sharington was the eldest son of Thomas Sharington, a gentleman of Cranworth in Norfolk, by his wife Katherine, daughter and heiress of William Pyrton of Little Bentley, Essex.C. E. Challis, 'Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler', in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004 In early life, Sharington is known to have made a visit to Italy, during which he developed an interest in art. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
