Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

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Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, 20th century. Founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order, the Abbey served as a residence for the nobility, and was fortified and occupied by the Royalists during the English Civil War. During the 19th century, it served as residence for William Henry Fox Talbot,

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