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As was the habitual procedure, the abbey's buildings were stripped of lead, which at Lacock realized £193, before being released to the prospective purchaser, William Sharington, later Sir William Sharington (c.1495–1553), a courtier, politician and entrepreneur, who farmed the site of the abbey together with the manor and rectory of Lacock ...
Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order. The abbey remained a nunnery until the suppression of Roman Catholic institutions in England in the 16th century; it was then sold to Sir William Sharington who converted the convent into a residence where he and his family lived.
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The Old Rectory: 15th or 16th century (probable) The rectory, later a private house, was altered and extended in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed and rendered, partly rebuilt and extended in red brick, and has a tile roof. The house is partly in one storey with an attic, and partly in two storeys.
The Norman architecture base to the current church, funded jointly by local landowners Edward of Salisbury of Lacock and William II, Count of Eu of Lackham, may have been built on the site of a previously established Saxon church. It is dedicated to a Norman saint, St. Cyriac. The interior has many later monuments to local landowners, including ...
Lacock High Street. Lacock, England was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 with a population of less than 200, two small mills and a vineyard. [1] The village's main attraction, Lacock Abbey, was founded on the manorial lands by Ela, Countess of Salisbury and established in 1232; in the reign of Henry III.