The Case of the Coronation Hand-me-downs.
The portrait collection at Lydiard House contains two pairs of portraits that have intriguing similarities. The first pair...
Victorian Taxes
On April 24th 1889, Viscount Bolingbroke of Lydiard Park was issued with this licence to keep a carriage. The carriage had...
Elizabeth I's Visit to Lydiard
On Friday, 1 September 1592, Queen Elizabeth I was with the court at Lydiard Park. A royal progress was a grand affair and a...
Christmas Snippets from the Local Newspaper
North Wiltshire Herald 24th December 1924 LYDIARD TREGOZE. WHIST DRIVE.—A very successful whist drive, promoted by Mrs....
Lydiard House Ghost Stories
As the nights draw in and people gather close to their hearths, what better subject for a Lydiard tale than reports of...
Lydiard Ladies and Their Loyal Dogs
Dogs are a familiar sight in portraits and there are a couple featured in the collection at Lydiard Park. In one of Lady...
Lord of the Butterflies
In 1940 following the death of his mother, Vernon St.John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke had little option but to leave the...
From Lydiard to Mapledurham and the Tower of London | A tale of two families
In the peaceful countryside, facing each other across the River Thames, once lay two estates. On the north bank in...
A Lost Child Remembered – Elinor Lee 1635-1640
Trawling the Baptism Register for Lydiard Tregoze, local historian Frances Bevan recently discovered a surprising piece of...
Fred's Horses
"There was a meeting of two days at Newmarket this time of year, to see the sweetest little horse run that ever was; his...