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  2. Lacock Abbey (monastery) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lacock Abbey - Wikipedia

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    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 Dissolution of the monasteries 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.

  4. History of Lacock - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Clergy house - Wikipedia

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    A rectory is the residence of an ecclesiastical rector, although the name may also be applied to the home of an academic rector (e.g., a Scottish university rector), or other person with that title. In North American Anglicanism, a far greater proportion of parish clergy were (and still are) titled as rector than in Britain, so the term rectory ...

  6. St Cyriac's Church, Lacock - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Bampton, Oxfordshire - Wikipedia

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    Churchgate House, the former Rectory Bampton is one of the settings for the fictional crime novels The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton , set in about 1366, by Mel Starr. [ 24 ] ITV used Bampton for several outdoor locations for the fictional village of Downton, North Yorkshire in the period drama television series Downton Abbey . [ 25 ]

  8. Old Rectory - Wikipedia

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    Old Rectory or The Old Rectory may refer to: United Kingdom. England. Gawsworth Old Rectory, Cheshire; The Old Rectory, St Columb Major, Cornwall;

  9. Lacock - Wikipedia

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    Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Chippenham, and about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) outside the Cotswolds area. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance.