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In the courtyard at the pub. This was in Lacock, National Trust
village. A bit about Lacock:
Wander into the 18th century. Feast your eyes on thatched and stone
cottages. Revel in Tudor, half-timbered black and white buildings.
Lacock, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds, was once a centre
of the medieval wool trade. Today it still reflects those times,
and no TV aerials, overhead cables or yellow lines on its streets
spoil the scene. The village started its life in Saxon times. Norman
lords then ruled the area and built a church in honor of St. Cyriac.
Lying on the direct London to Bath route, the village prospered.
Lacock Abbey, in the village, was founded in 1232, by Ela, Countess
of Salisbury, This unusual lady-she was the first and only female
sheriff of Wiltshire-built the Abbey as a tribute to her husband
and became its first Abbess.
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