2nd June: Music in a Mansion at beautiful Lydiard Park. Join us for enchanting music, a glass of bubbly and canapes in the great hall and terrace as we celebrate the natural world. Tickets and Information: www.friendsoflydiardpark.org.uk/events/music...
Traces of the great Forest of Braydon which originally extended across North Wiltshire still inform the landscape. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that the manor of Lydiard included woodland 1 league long and half a league in breadth.
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Commemorating the 21st birthday of the "Last Lord of Lydiard", Viscount Bolingbroke, with a series of talks. Signed up on 15th March 1917 as a private, saw action at Passchendaele, and witnessed the break up of the Lydiard Estate after WWII.
Lydiard House is reopening on 30th March after its winter rest and recuperation, and the Park is celebrating with an Easter Trail and events over the Easter Weekend. Here's a peek at the enchanting #18thCentury walled garden.
Latest from the #BritishLibrary on rebuilding after being hacked:
Restoring our services - 9 February 2024 update
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Welcome Lisa - I created a 'Medieval' feed which is still a bit of a blunt instrument but picks up any mentions #medieval
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A stone church in a Victorian Gothic style viewed from a tree lined path going to the depth door; the stone building is illuminated and the door is lit up purple
Good evening Blueskies. Still in Swindon. Went for an amble around town this evening and found Old Town, which is, apparently, the nice bit. It was nice, and quite old. There was a church (1851), designed by the chap who did St Pancras, The Albert Memorial and Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum.
Come and visit us at Lydiard Park, a lovely 200 acre Grade II listed park, with a haha, icehouse, lake and carpets of snowdrops right now!
Our first @materialwills.bsky.social blog post is live! In it we talk about how the project will analyse early modern wills to find out about the "meaning" of material culture
Electronic Enlightenment are so happy to be making our Bluesky debut with an exciting new update, 173 new letters, 2 new blog posts, and some updates from our exciting work with fellow projects at the Bodleian Library - www.e-enlightenment.com/blog/newsshe...
Love Tokens and Keepsakes: Our Special Collection of exquisite miniatures, spanning two centuries of dramatic events in the life of the family, for better and for worse.
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Event:
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
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📣 NEW on the @materialwills.bsky.social project blog 📣
@emilymayvine.bsky.social outlines the key features of #EarlyModern wills & explains how we will use them to explore the meaning of material culture
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We're so happy to be in the sunny place! Let's enjoy the first hints of spring arriving with the snowdrops at Lydiard Park - photo by Natalia Grygorkina. Whether you're near or far, journey through our online Landscape Guide to our beautiful Grade II Listed Park. www.thefriendsoflydiardpark.org.uk
