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A new date for your diary
A new date for your diary.Full Council Meeting, Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Euclid Street Thursday, January 21st 7pmHaving given consideration to the Friends of Lydiard Park petition (which now...
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester.
I will be conducting a portrait tour of the Ladies of Lydiard at Lydiard House on Saturday, January 23, at 2.30pm. as part of theBehind Closed Doors programme of events. All the events are free but you...
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Frederick St John and George Stubbs
The Favourite Hunter of Henry Viscount Bolingbroke - a copy of this painting hangs in the library at Lydiard HouseAs Swindon Borough Council agonizes over what to do about Lydiard House, who would have...
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Portrait of the Week - Holles St John
The Behind Closed Doors event at Lydiard House continues this week with an afternoon talk.Wed 3rd February 2.30 pmWigs, Ruffs and Robes - Discover hidden stories behind the portraits of sumptuously...
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A Talk and Tea Party
Swindon Suffragette, with Swindon Heritage, are hosting a talk and tea party to celebrate Edith New's birthday in March.Edith was born 17th March 1877 in North Street in Swindon and is buried in...
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Nicola Cornick - Author Talk
Nicola Cornick - Author TalkDate: 11th February 2016Location: Central Library, Regent Street, Swindon, Wilts SN1 1QGTime: 19:15 - 20:30Cost: £2.50 (£1.50 Library Members)Historical Romance - the fact...
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Keeping up Appearances
The Behind Closed Doors event continues this Saturday, February 13 at 2.30 pm when Frances Yeo, Curator of Lydiard House shows how the Lydiard collection is cared for and demonstrates ways you can look...
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An evening of romance - and chocolate roses!
If you've ever dismissed the romantic novel as inferior to other genres, Nicola Cornick made a few salient  points during her talk at Central Library last night.Historian and best selling romantic...
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Renaissance Wax - the answer to all my housework issues.
Who would have thought that I'd enjoy a talk about cleaning?At yesterday's Behind Closed Doors event Frances Yeo, curator at Lydiard House (and STEAM Museum) explained how she and her staff care and...
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Love birds, hearts and Cupid's arrow
The summer of 2008 saw the BBC's Antiques Roadshow set up camp in the grounds of Lanhydrock, a country house in Cornwall where a piece of Lydiard Tregoze local history made a surprise appearance.Expert...
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Behind Closed Doors - Grand Designs
A house has stood on the site of the Palladian mansion in Lydiard Park since the 13th century and until 1943, when it was purchased by Swindon Corporation, had just five owners - the Tregoze,...
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It's all in the detail - the Grand Designs of Jack St John
Architect and Lydiard House expert Michael Gray gave a packed audience a fascinating talk about the Palladian mansion as part of the Behind Closed Doors series of events.Michael, who designs 'modern'...
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A Talk and a Tea Party
So, what is it like growing up with a famous suffragette in the family? What was the family view on her militant activities? Did they support her, or was she an embarrassment?These are some of the...
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Spring is in the air at Lydiard House and Park
It might not have felt very Springlike today, with squally showers and a chilly blast, but the forecast for the rest of the week is looking promising and I feel in a buoyant Lydiard House and Park...
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33,000 stories - telling them one at a time.
This year's season of guided walks at Radnor Street Cemetery begins tomorrow, Sunday March 13th. Meet at the cemetery chapel for 2 pm.This is the story of Alice and Frederick Legg, told on a previous...
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The Pitt Family - a life in service.
Guided churchyard walk takes place this Sunday, June 26 at St Mary's, Lydiard Park between 2-4.30 pm.Today few occupations can guarantee a job for life but in the 19th century it was quite different....
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Rudler family
Join me on a guided churchyard walk at St Mary's Church, Lydiard Park this Sunday, June 19 between 2-4.30 pm.You'll find several memorials to the Rudler family in the churchyard at St Mary's and it is...
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Radnor Street Cemetery, Essie Fox and all things Victorian
Yesterday Radnor Street Cemetery resembled something straight out of a Victorian novel. Gravestones crouched half hidden among the grasses as wild flowers sprung out of once lovingly tended plots where...
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St Mary's churchyard, Lydiard Park
A busy day at St Mary's yesterday. Lovely new contacts made and a request from the stewards in the church for a guided churchyard walk.Here are photographs of some of the graves we visited.Next guided...
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William Dore
Continuing the story of the Dore family ...The local firm of auctioneers was central to commercial enterprise in any 19th century town and in Swindon one family dominated the scene.The death of William...
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