St. Mary’s Conservation Film
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
The Arts Society Kennet & Swindon’s Heritage Volunteer Group has been awarded The Marsh Charitable Trust Award for...
Telling the Story of St. Mary’s Church
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
Over two weekends in September and October 2021 The Young Archaeologist’s Club for North Wiltshire visited St. Mary’s...
Launch of The Lydiard Archives
On 10th September 2021, The Friends of Lydiard Park launched The Lydiard Archives, a unique on-line collection of objects,...
Friends make bid to Arts Council for Memories Project
The Friends of Lydiard Park have made a £45,000 bid to The Arts Council South West for a digital Memories Project to...
St. Mary’s Church launches brand new School Programme
As part of the £1million St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze Conservation Project, the church is launching an exciting new schools...
Pevsner Guide to Wiltshire
New Wiltshire Pevsner Guide features the St Mary's polyptych on the back cover of the new edition. A new edition of the...
Portrait Acquisition – Holles St John
The Trustees of the Friends of Lydiard Park have purchased a hitherto unknown portrait of one of the St John family and...
Lydiard House; brighter and better protected
Lydiard House has been given a bit of a facelift; and its more than cosmetic. Swindon Borough Council have completed a...
Local company to build Lydiard’s ‘Project Archive’
The Friends of Lydiard Park have appointed Royal Wootton Bassett-based company Sanders Web Works to build the digital...
Funding Secured for Lydiard Tregoze Grave Survey
Thanks to grants totalling £1,500 from Lydiard Tregoze Parish Council and Wiltshire County Royal Wootton Bassett &...
Historic picture donated by local artist Ken Beint
The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to accept the gift of a picture of the carved screen inside St Mary’s Church by...
Council on target with Building Repairs
Visitors to Lydiard Park can’t miss the activity around Lydiard House at the moment. Essential building repairs which...
Heritage Open Days at St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze
Cancelled due to latest government advice on Covid19 St. Mary's Church is opening its doors for Heritage Open...
Swindon Council embark on repairs to Lydiard House
Swindon Borough Council Corporate Projects team are embarking on a programme of external restoration and repairs to Lydiard...
Historic Heroines - A Series of Online Talks
The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to bring you a new series of live online talks commencing on Tuesday July 14th...
‘Henry, the King’s Cavalier’ – a new story for fans of The Lydiard Chronicles
A man may think his life is only measured by battles fought for the king. Until he meets a woman worth fighting for! For...
Building repairs to St. Mary’s completed
Observing strict working practices necessitated by Coronavirus, Ellis and Company completed repairs to St. Mary’s Church...
New appointments for the Friends and St. Mary’s Church
We are delighted to let you know of two important new appointments in the Lydiard community. Writer and historian Nicola...
Behind Closed Doors
St. Mary’s may be closed until Easter but while the congregation worships in other locations, young people are gaining new...
St. Mary’s Church seeks Volunteer Co-ordinator
The St. Mary’s Conservation Project has involved local schools, youth theatre and family activities, introducing many new...
Latest Lydiard Chronicle wins acclaim
Elizabeth St.John’s much anticipated historical novel ‘Written in their Stars’ was recently awarded “2019 Historical...
Unique Archive Secured for Posterity
In December 2019 the Friends achieved their ambition to find an appropriate home for the late Brian Carne’s irreplaceable...