Lacock Village
Lacock is a charming English village in Whiltshire, which has hardly changed in the past 200 years. Its main-street is adorned with Cotswold-stone cottages from Tudor times. The entire village is owned by the National Trust, and whilst individual properties are still owner-occupied, there are strict regulations regarding the exteriors of the houses. Thus, you will see no TV aerials, double-glazing, or even yellow parking lines on the streets of this beautifully preserved village.Lacock has five pubs, as well as several cafes and restaurants, all occupying rustic buildings. There are two churches, St Anne’s, which overlooks the village from the lofty heights of Bowden Hill, and St Cyriac’s, which is the parish seat.
A wander around Lacock transports you back to a more peaceful, pastoral era. There is an 18th-century pack-horse bridge, impressive houses built by wealthy woollen merchants, archways that cross the babbling brooks that flow through the village, and postcard-pretty gardens to the fronts of the local cottages, all immaculately maintained.
The Fox Talbot Museum, dedicated to the founder of photography, is a must-see if visiting Lacock, as indeed is the magnificent Abbey that sits in its well-manicured grounds and gardens.
Lacock Abbey was founded in 1229 by Ela Countess of Salisbury. It was an abbey for Augustinian nuns and it and the village grew up together, each supporting the other. This lasted until 1539, when with the Dissolution it was sold off to William Sharington, who rebuilt the Abbey as a family home. It remained that way, in the same family for 405 years, passing through brothers, nephews, nieces and cousins until in 1944 it was given to the National Trust. Even then members of the same family continued to live there as the trust's tenants. As the early Lacock villagers had been tenants of the abbey so they became tenants of Sharington and his descendants and eventually of the National Trust.Lacock village was used as a location in the TV and film productions of Pride and Prejudice, Moll Flanders and Emma, the Abbey itself featured in the recent Harry Potter films!!
Creating snow for the wedding scene in Pride and Prejudice
Day Tours that visit Lacock Village:
History & Mistery Day Tour or Culture Vulture Day Tour
posted by Londons Premier Tour Operator @ 3:45 PM
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