Elizabeth I's Visit to Lydiard
On the Lydiard Archives this month we’re celebrating the Platinum Jubilee by showcasing the visit of HM the Queen to...
Castles and Mansions Collection
The Lydiard Archives is currently featuring a special collection about the castles, mansions, gardens and country estates...
Miniature Portraits in the Lydiard Archives
March 24th marks the birthday of Lady Diana Spencer who married Frederick St’John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, in 1757. The...
Love at Lydiard Part 2
Local historian Frances Bevan in her Good Gentlewoman blog once sagely observed that the St John men did not make good...
The Painted Window
Lydiard House contains many exquisite and fascinating items, but none more so than the painted window in the dressing room....
Christmas Snippets from the Local Newspaper
North Wiltshire Herald 24th December 1924 LYDIARD TREGOZE. WHIST DRIVE.—A very successful whist drive, promoted by Mrs....
Battle Names – How Swindon babies of the First World War were named in commemoration
With a new series of the BBC genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are currently on TV we were reminded of a previous...
Boxer George Strange
George Strange was born in 1843 at Prioryfield, in one of a group of tiny stone cottages isolated at the end of a long track...
St John of Bletso Table Carpet
This month’s Living History piece is about table carpets and in particular the St John of Bletso table carpet that is now...
The First Lady of Lydiard
Throughout the long history of Lydiard Park, there has been a whole succession of fascinating women who have been born or...