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Visit our Christmas Shop
Category: News Published on: 25th November 2022

Choose from our exclusive selection of Christmas cards including Lydiard’s own ‘Cheeky Cherubs’ and help promote The...

The Godmother’s Secret: A gripping new intrigue for fans of The Lydiard Chronicles
Category: News Published on: 10th October 2022

If you knew the fate of the Princes in the Tower, would you tell? Or forever keep the secret? For the thousands of fans...

Lost Gardens of Lydiard Revealed
Category: News Published on: 16th August 2022

Swept away some 250 years ago and now stunningly revealed, Lydiard’s 17th century gardens can be traced on the sunbaked...

Teaming up with Swindon Council to offer Tours and Tea at Lydiard House
Category: News, women’s history Published on: 10th August 2022

Often the most enjoyable way of viewing a historic country house is going on a tour and finding out about its hidden history...

The Lydiard Archives - Jubilee
Category: News Published on: 27th May 2022

The Friends of Lydiard Park were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and give thanks for...

St. Mary’s Conservation Film
Category: News Published on: 26th May 2022

The St. Mary’s Church £1million conservation project has officially come to a close. The end of three years of...

Volunteers at St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze win national award
Category: News Published on: 5th April 2022

The Arts Society Kennet & Swindon’s Heritage Volunteer Group has been awarded The Marsh Charitable Trust Award for...

The Lydiard Archives - Castles and Mansions Collection
Category: News Published on: 4th April 2022

Over the centuries the St.John family married into families across the United Kingdom and Ireland, creating a fascinating...

Telling the Story of St. Mary’s Church
Category: News Published on: 28th March 2022

The finishing touches are being put to the £1million St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze Conservation Project with new...

Young Archaeologists examine the Churchyard at Lydiard Tregoze
Category: News Published on: 15th March 2022

Over two weekends in September and October 2021 The Young Archaeologist’s Club for North Wiltshire visited St. Mary’s...