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Lacock

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Lacock

Village in Wiltshire, England, mostly owned by the National Trust, including Lacock Abbey, Manor Farm, and Bewley Common, about 130 ha/321 acres in all; population (2001) 1,000. Lacock Abbey was a nunnery for Augustinian canonesses, and the 13th-century cloisters, sacristy, chapter-house, and nuns' parlour remain. After the Reformation, around 1540, William Sharrington built a Tudor mansion around these monastic ruins, the chief features of which are the octagonal tower overlooking the River Avon and the large courtyard with half-timbered gables and clock-house.

It was at Lacock that William Henry Fox Talbot pioneered his photographic process, and a museum of his work is now open at the Abbey.



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Take a stroll through the picturesque village of Castle Combe and stop for a visit to Lacock Abbey, where many scenes from the Harry Potter films were shot.
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