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Lord Bolingbroke’s 21st Birthday Remembered – a stunning solid silver rosebowl restored
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 11th March 2024

In March 2024 a special party gathered on the steps of Lydiard House to recreate a historic occasion captured in photograph...

Lest We Forget: Exhibition at Lydiard House
Category: 20th century Published on: 28th February 2024

The upcoming exhibition at Lydiard House is titled "Lest We Forget: The Black Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire,"...

The Viscount who fought as a Tommy
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 28th January 2024

Vernon St John, the last Lord to live at Lydiard Park, features in a new book.  The Keep in 60 People provides a...

Elliot Woolford Diaries Project update
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 30th October 2023

In December 2020 The Friends of Lydiard Park began an ambitious project to transcribe and digitise a series of meticulously...

The Lydiard Archives – Featured Collections
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 20th September 2021

The Lydiard Archives has launched with three fascinating featured collections: World War 1 -...