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Spring Blooms and Squirrel Strategy in the Walled Garden
Category: News, Uncategorized Published on: 17th April 2025

Lydiard Park's Walled Garden is flourishing with a historic tulip display, the glorious outcome of a £2,500 donation from...

Piper's 'Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze' on display at "A Very British Art Revolution' at Museum & Art Swindon
Category: house history, News Published on: 12th March 2025

Members of the Friends were among the guests at the launch of the ‘A Very British Art Revolution’ exhibition at the...

Grant Award for Churchyard Survey
Category: News Published on: 1st February 2025

We are delighted to report that the Friends’ application to ChurchCare for a grant towards a survey of the Table Tombs in...

Battle of Ellendun Project Plan
Category: 9th Century, News Published on: 28th October 2024

Next year marks the 1200th anniversary of the Battle of Ellendun in AD 825, one of the most decisive battles in English...

Local Artist Billy Beaumont Joins Friends of Lydiard Park Trustees
Category: News Published on: 29th April 2024

The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to announce that Swindon based professional artist Billy Beaumont has joined their...

Lord Bolingbroke’s 21st Birthday Remembered – a stunning solid silver rosebowl restored
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 11th March 2024

In March 2024 a special party gathered on the steps of Lydiard House to recreate a historic occasion captured in photograph...

The Viscount who fought as a Tommy
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 28th January 2024

Vernon St John, the last Lord to live at Lydiard Park, features in a new book.  The Keep in 60 People provides a...

Elliot Woolford Diaries Project update
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 30th October 2023

In December 2020 The Friends of Lydiard Park began an ambitious project to transcribe and digitise a series of meticulously...

Wessex Museums Welcomes Lydiard House Museum to the Partnership
Category: News Published on: 19th October 2023

Lydiard House, which is an accredited museum, has joined the prestigious Wessex Museum partnership. This thriving...

Sponsor a Tile – new roof needed for St. Mary’s Church stable room
Category: News Published on: 9th August 2023

The roof is an important part of any building, and the Stable Room roof at St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze is no exception. This...