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Friends of Lydiard Park petition
Well, things have been pretty busy this week with the launch of The Friends of Lydiard Park petition - Swindon Borough Council: Lydiard House and Park at Risk.Lydiard House and Park is a unique and...
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Friends of Lydiard Park petition update
An update on the Friends of Lydiard Park petition - Lydiard House and Park at Risk.The number of signatures now stand at 3,599 and over the weekend Mike Bowden posted some interesting facts and figures.
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Down Your Way
The Prinnels estate in West Swindon was built in the early 1990s on part of Wick Farm, owned by the St. John family at Lydiard Park until 1943. Built on fields called High Croft and Lower Wick, the...
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Miracle worker Lady Johanna St John
In January 2012 Sophie Cummings, then Collections Manager at Lydiard House, kindly wrote the following blogpost for me.With so many people suffering from coughs, colds, aches and pains, it seems...
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Ghostly happenings in Lydiard House
What better subject for a 'nearly' Christmas post than tales of ghostly happenings in Lydiard House. Like any self respecting ancient property Lydiard House boasts a spectral presence or two. But like...
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The parish of Lydiard Tregoze
In 1837 the St John family was one of the major land and property owners in the parish of Lydiard Tregoze. Along with Lydiard House set in over 200 acres of parkland and various properties in Hook the...
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Two look-alike St John cousins
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, leading member of the 18th century Tory party, must be spinning in his grave as Swindon Borough Council prepares to carve up his ancestral home at Lydiard...
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Behind Closed Doors
Lydiard House will be closed during January, February and March 2016. Intensive cleaning and care of the collections will take place during this period and the house will re-open with a new exhibition...
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The Ghost of Christmas Past at Lydiard House
I wrote this article during the Christmas 2012 celebrations at Lydiard House and Park. Lydiard House was beautifully dressed for Christmas, busy and full of visitors. This year I visited the day before...
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Lydiard House and Park features in January edition of The Link Magazine
Read all the latest news about events at Lydiard House and Park in the January edition of the Link magazine available online now.Here is a taster ...
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A few dates for your diary
Public MeetingThe Friends of Lydiard Park have organised a public meeting on Tuesday January 12, 2016 at 7pm.The venue is Lydiard Park Academy, Grange Park Way, Swindon SN5 6HN. Speakers will be from...
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Happy Anniversary, Lord and Lady Bolingbroke
Keep up to date with events surrounding the future of Lydiard House and Park by visiting the Friends of Lydiard Park website and the Swindon Heritage website.To the family historian who has found a...
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West Swindon Localities Meeting
Another date for your diary.West Swindon Localities Meeting - Monday, January 11 at The Link Centre.The agenda includes the proposed Wimpey development and Lydiard Park.
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Prince George and his 12x great granny
This is Prince George snapped by his mother, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on his first day at Westacre Montessori School nursery close to his parents' home at Anmer Hall, Norfolk.And this is his...
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Breaking news ...
For those of you who may have missed this item, which appeared on the Swindon Advertiser website yesterday afternoon, SBC has agreed to debate the Lydiard House and Park issue at the next council...
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Public Meeting - were you there?
There was a fantastic response by local people to last night's Friends of Lydiard Park meeting.Some reports say 600 people others that more than 700 attended the public meeting at Lydiard Park Academy....
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A Tale of Two Trees
Some of the lakeside trees at Lydiard Park are believed to be about 250 years old, dating from the mid 18th century redevelopment of the parkland. In 1743 John, 2nd Viscount St John, remodelled the...
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In the tavern with a sword ...
You know how it happens - a group of lads out on the town, everyone's having a good laugh and then one bloke has a drink too many. And before you've worked out who said what to whom, someone's got...
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Swindon's own Calendar Girls
I can't wait for April to arrive. Not just for the warm Spring weather, but to be able to turn over the calendar page and look at these images of lovely Lydiard Park.Margie Phillips and Ali Swann have...
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Have you booked your place yet?
Behind Closed Doors is a series of talks and tours taking place at Lydiard House and beginning this coming Saturday, January 23.Sat 23rd Jan 2.30pmThe Ladies of Lydiard - An entertaining tour with...
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