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Images from a visit (in 2022) to Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint/ Nik Collection and Adobe LrC/ PS with TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about Lacock Abbey by clicking Here, Lacock Village Here and William Henry Fox Talbot Here.
Phil and Karen
(Please note, we're away after today for a few days - exploring the wilderness of North Yorkshire in 'Frank'
- so we will be unable to reply to any feedback until after we return).
1. Lacock Abbey was officially founded on 16 April 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages.
2. As part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, ordered by King Henry VIII after his break with the Roman Catholic Church in 1533, Lacock was eventually shut down in 1539 after 300 years as a religious institution.
3. The abbey was bought by William Sharington in 1540. He transformed the abbey buildings from a convent to a country house. In September 1574, Queen Elizabeth I visited Lacock and stayed in the abbey.
4. William Henry Fox Talbot inherited Lacock from his father in 1800 (when he was just 5 months old!). He grew up to become a pioneering scientist, keen mathematician - and Lacock's most famous resident.
5. William Henry Fox Talbot invented the photographic negative. In 1835 he captured the first surviving photographic negative in this very window. (We wonder if he suspected where it would all lead!). The small museum at Lacock Abbey celebrates his achievements and the world of photography.
6. Matilda Talbot inherited Lacock in 1916 and in 1944 she gave Lacock to the National Trust. Lacock Abbey and Village have appeared in various movies and TV productions, including Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, The Hollow Crown, His Dark Materials and Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald.
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint/ Nik Collection and Adobe LrC/ PS with TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about Lacock Abbey by clicking Here, Lacock Village Here and William Henry Fox Talbot Here.
Phil and Karen
(Please note, we're away after today for a few days - exploring the wilderness of North Yorkshire in 'Frank'
- so we will be unable to reply to any feedback until after we return).1. Lacock Abbey was officially founded on 16 April 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages.
2. As part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, ordered by King Henry VIII after his break with the Roman Catholic Church in 1533, Lacock was eventually shut down in 1539 after 300 years as a religious institution.
3. The abbey was bought by William Sharington in 1540. He transformed the abbey buildings from a convent to a country house. In September 1574, Queen Elizabeth I visited Lacock and stayed in the abbey.
4. William Henry Fox Talbot inherited Lacock from his father in 1800 (when he was just 5 months old!). He grew up to become a pioneering scientist, keen mathematician - and Lacock's most famous resident.
5. William Henry Fox Talbot invented the photographic negative. In 1835 he captured the first surviving photographic negative in this very window. (We wonder if he suspected where it would all lead!). The small museum at Lacock Abbey celebrates his achievements and the world of photography.
6. Matilda Talbot inherited Lacock in 1916 and in 1944 she gave Lacock to the National Trust. Lacock Abbey and Village have appeared in various movies and TV productions, including Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, The Hollow Crown, His Dark Materials and Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald.
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
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