Lacock Abbey a quiet, serene morning walk

This video was recorded 15th October 2021.

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Hello. I hope you are keeping well. It has been a while since I have uploaded a walk. I contracted COVID-19 at the start of 2022. I have not done any new walks since then. This is a walk from October 2021. Originally I wasn’t going to upload it as I wasn’t happy with the quality. I miss sharing walks with you all though, so have revisited some of the footage and edited it together. Our walk today is around Lacock Abbey. We have a stroll outside and then go inside. It is early morning and I am one of the first visitors. Lacock Abbey is managed by The National Trust. Please check their website for admission prices and opening times. I will put a link in the description. Staff and volunteers were very helpful, approachable and amenable. A lot of places in the UK rely greatly on volunteers, giving their time freely. Lacock Abbey is situated in Lacock Village, Wiltshire, England and is almost entirely owned by The National Trust, preserved over the years as if it is in a time-capsule. Many visitors come to Lacock and the abbey from all over the world. Some come for the history and some because they are Harry Potter fans - the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies have both shot scenes at the abbey. Other productions such as: Pride and Prejudice (1995), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) and Wolf Hall (2015) have also used Lacock Abbey as a backdrop. Before the modern age of cinema Lacock Abbey was founded in the 13th century. It was a nunnery from the 13th to 16th century. In the 16th century the dissolution of the monasteries happened, meaning - Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland. This meant the abbey was sold and converted in to residence, changing the covent into a country house. Thankfully the original courtyard with surrounding cloisters and chapter house remains, with the residence having been built above or around these areas. Over the centuries the abbey has had several renovations and alterations, including its Tudor stable courtyard and Georgian Gothik Arch. In the 19th century Lacock Abbey was residence to William Henry Fox Talbot - a scientist, inventor and well known as a photography pioneer. William made one of the earliest surviving photographic camera negatives - a photograph of one of the the abbey windows. As well as the abbey you can visit the Fox Talbot Museum, devoted to William’s pioneering photographic work. In 1944 artist Matilda Theresa Talbot, granddaughter of William, gave the abbey, its grounds and village to the National Trust. Matilda continued to live at Lacock until she passed away in 1956. It is well documented that during her time the abbey and estate flourished. I’ve added a link in the description if you would like to read more about Matilda. Thank you for reading and walking along today. If you haven’t please like the video and subscribe. Do leave a comment, it is lovely to hear from people all over the world. You can also follow me on Instagram. Support the channel by buying me a virtual coffee, there is a link in the description. It gives me great pleasure to share my walks and make places like this more accessible. I hope we meet for another wander soon x

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