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| Lacock Abbey and Museum Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LG |  |
Lacock Abbey was founded in 1232 and converted into a country house in the mid-16th century, the cloisters and monastic rooms of the Abbey have survived largely intact. On the closure of the monastery it passed to Willia... more
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| Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LG | |
The French and British may disagree over exactly when photography was invented: Joseph Nicéphore Niepce (1765-1833) executed the first recognisable image formed by a camera obscura, a view from a window near Chalo... more
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| Westwood Manor Off the B3109, Westwood Village, Bradford on Avon, BA15 2AF | |
This manor goes back to Saxon times, and at the time of Domesday it was in the possession of the Bishop of Winchester. There is a fragment left of the house from about 1400,...
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| Great Chalfield Manor Off B3107,, via Broughton Gifford Common, Melksham, SN12 8NH | |
Chalfield was acquired in 1467 by Thomas Trompnell, who rebuilt the house around a courtyard. The south range has since disappeared, but the north front has probably altered very little. One enters through the original f... more
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| Stourhead House [National Trust] Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD | |
We just about crossed Stourhead off our list, but decided to make it happen and we are so glad we did. We had taken the five day Celebrity Constellation cruise from Southampton and returned there on April 30th. I had ori... more
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| Bath Boating Station Forester Rd, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6QE | |
Traditional Thames skiffs and punts for lazy days on the river, or by prior arrangement you can book customised hours. I hired one overnight once and went for a midnight row up the river and watched the sun come up in be... more
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| Farleigh Hungerford Castle Farleigh Hungerford, 31/2 miles West off Trowbridge on A366, Bath, BA2 7RS | |
Farleigh Hungerford Castle began life as a manor house built by the Montfort family. In 1369-70 it was sold to Sir Thomas Hungerford, first Speaker of the House of Commons. He converted the property into a square castle ... more
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| Scubaleisure 9 Clydesdale Road, Corsham, Bath, SN13 8EN | |
Dreams of diving at the Great Barrier Reef, admiring the shoals of brightly colored fish and rainbow-like coral can now become a reality thanks to the personable chaps at Scubaleisure. Anyone wanting to learn how to scub... more
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| Bath International Music Festival Various venues throughout the city, Bath, BA1 1NL | |
Marc Bridle (North American Editor), Martin Anderson, Patrick Burnson, Frank Cadenhead, Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Geoff Diggines, Sarah Dunlop, Evan Dickerson Melanie Eskenazi (London Editor) Robert J Farr, Abigail Frym... more
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| Circus North of Queen Square, Bath, BA1 1EE | |
Yes, I'm here. Ah, the circus. Can't beat a few elephants lumbering around beneath a trapeze. With that in your mind, you'll be disappointed. This Circus is about history. Buildings where famous people lived abound here ... more
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