Lacock, Wiltshire

Surviving records of the C17 indicate that for much of the C17 Lacock Bridge was too dilapidated to be passable to wheeled traffic, and therefore much of the present fabric must be later restoration. Taken with a 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor AI lens.

Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D90. Used here at its full telephoto.

Lacock Abbey was founded in 1232 as a nunnery for Augustinian canonesses. In 1539 the abbey was dissolved and sold to William Sharington, who converted it into a country house. Sharington was succeeded by his brother Henry in 1553, whose daughter married John Talbot of Salwarp, Worcestershire. Lacock Abbey remained in the ownership of the Talbot family until the Second World War. Photographed with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 35mm DX AF-S f/1.8G lens.

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. The crucible of photography - William Henry Fox Talbot, who invented the calotype process, lived and worked here. It has been a location for the Harry Potter movies; other films have been shot in the village. The museum, gardens and village are probably more interesting than the house, and the home-made cake in the tea rooms is worth the visit alone. However, the light in this corridor seemed worth making a photograph. The Abbey was founded in 1229. In 1539, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was converted into a house and the abbey church was demolished. The cloisters survived underneath the new development. About 1550 an octagonal tower was added. Further extensive alterations were made in the 1750s, as evidenced by the chimneys being evacuated to the garden and converted into columns supporting a sphinx. Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

Sundial, C16, ashlar, baluster form with fluted upper half. C18 brass sundial on top, signed Thomas Wright. Photographed with a Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens on a Nikon D2Xs.

The interior of the restored greenhouse in the botanical gardens of Lacock Abbey gardens. Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

The frame is incomplete. It seems to send a message that the bottom has fallen out of the business. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Lacock, Wiltshire. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED lens.