• Lacock Abbey was a monastery founded at Lacock, in the county of Wiltshire in England, in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury...
  • They’re a historical throwback from when the Abbey was run as a stately home after the dissolution of the monasteries in the late 1530s.
  • Lacock Abbey is an amazing building with a mixture of architectural styles, its own medieval cloisters and a Tudor courtyard with a rare example of a country...
  • House & Family History: Founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order, the abbey was converted into a country house circa...
  • On the same day that she founded Lacock Abbey, Countess Ela also founded a Carthusian monastery at Hinton Charterhouse, 15 miles away.
  • It started as an abbey and nunnery, then became a Tudor family home. The last owners were the Talbots, a caring close knit family that loved their home in Lacock.
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  • in August 1835 Fox Talbot made history by capturing the world's first surviving photographic negative in the South Gallery at Lacock Abbey – an...
  • Lacock Abbey was founded in April 1232, by Ela Countess of Salisbury and High Sheriff of Salisbury, one of the most powerful women of her day.
  • Here at Lacock Abbey we love seeing the photos visitors take for their own personal use.
  • Upon William’s death in 1553, Lacock was then owned by his brother Henry who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, following her stay at Lacock abbey.