The historical village of Lacock is where the 785-year-old Lacock Abbey is located. According to National Trust, most of the buildings in the village are now under active preservation, and since this is not London the village is safe from massive tourist invasion. Few villages are as well preserved as this.
After a simple yet delicious lunch, we took a slow walk around the village of Lacock and soaked in the idyllic surrounding. Half timbered houses, beautiful gardens, historic buildings, and an impressive church sprawled across the few roads that made up the village. The old barn house is now a museum, exhibiting the history of photography with a display of the first photo produced by a negative - invented in 1839 by Fox Talbot, who then lived at the Lacock Abbey.
In popular culture, the village was featured in Harry Potter movies as well as the 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon!
Free parking available next to the Abbey. 100 miles west of London, or around 40 minutes' drive from Bristol.
Official website on National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock/
On Lacock Abbey and surround woodlands - http://ernestso.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/785-year-old-lacock-abbey-in-wiltshire.html
No comments:
Post a Comment