Battle of Ellendun Project Plan
Next year marks the 1200th anniversary of the Battle of Ellendun in AD 825, one of the most decisive battles in English...
Nature-focused makeover for St. Mary’s Churchyard
Sue Spielberg working in her own garden: ‘increasingly it is creating habitats for wildlife and working with Nature that...
Museum and Art Gallery features Lydiard archaeology
Museum & Art Swindon, July 2024. C. Swindon Advertiser Museum and Art Swindon opened its doors to the...
Local Artist Billy Beaumont Joins Friends of Lydiard Park Trustees
The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to announce that Swindon based professional artist Billy Beaumont has joined their...
Lord Bolingbroke’s 21st Birthday Remembered – a stunning solid silver rosebowl restored
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
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
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
In December 2020 The Friends of Lydiard Park began an ambitious project to transcribe and digitise a series of meticulously...
Wessex Museums Welcomes Lydiard House Museum to the Partnership
Lydiard House, which is an accredited museum, has joined the prestigious Wessex Museum partnership. This thriving...
Sponsor a Tile – new roof needed for St. Mary’s Church stable room
The roof is an important part of any building, and the Stable Room roof at St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze is no exception. This...
100 Wills Project Exceeds Expectations
We are delighted to announce that thanks to the fantastic work of volunteers, our 100 Wills Project, has exceeded all...
Stylish new bar and restaurant opens in Lydiard Park
Lydiard Park Hotel and Conference centre re-opened in May 2023 following a £2.6 million makeover which has transformed its...
Lydiard House Reopens April 1st with a New Family Trail and Exhibition
Lydiard House will reopen on Saturday, 1 April with a special welcome for families with young children. ‘Let’s Find...
Lydiard Park's woodlands studied by WSBRC
Lydiard Park is currently being studied by the Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) to find out more...
Author of The Lydiard Chronicles wins prestigious award
‘The Godmother's Secret’ by Elizabeth St. John has won the 2022 Historical Fiction Company’s Book of the Year,...
John Sales
It is with deep sadness we report the death of John Sales in December last year. John was an inspired Head of Gardens at the...
Grant funding award to digitise historic diaries
The Friends of Lydiard Park have won a prestigious national award to digitise the 1920’s diaries of local farmer Elliot...
Visit our Christmas Shop
Choose from our exclusive selection of Christmas cards including Lydiard’s own ‘Cheeky Cherubs’ and help promote The...
The Godmother’s Secret: A gripping new intrigue for fans of The Lydiard Chronicles
If you knew the fate of the Princes in the Tower, would you tell? Or forever keep the secret? For the thousands of fans...
Lady Diana Beauclerk portrait acquired for Lydiard House
The Friends of Lydiard Park have acquired a recently discovered portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk, former mistress of Lydiard...
Lost Gardens of Lydiard Revealed
Swept away some 250 years ago and now stunningly revealed, Lydiard’s 17th century gardens can be traced on the sunbaked...
Teaming up with Swindon Council to offer Tours and Tea at Lydiard House
Often the most enjoyable way of viewing a historic country house is going on a tour and finding out about its hidden history...
The Lydiard Archives - Jubilee
The Friends of Lydiard Park were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and give thanks for...
St. Mary’s Conservation Film
The St. Mary’s Church £1million conservation project has officially come to a close. The end of three years of...
Volunteers at St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze win national award
The Arts Society Kennet & Swindon’s Heritage Volunteer Group has been awarded The Marsh Charitable Trust Award for...
The Lydiard Archives - Castles and Mansions Collection
Over the centuries the St.John family married into families across the United Kingdom and Ireland, creating a fascinating...
Telling the Story of St. Mary’s Church
The finishing touches are being put to the £1million St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze Conservation Project with new...
Young Archaeologists examine the Churchyard at Lydiard Tregoze
Over two weekends in September and October 2021 The Young Archaeologist’s Club for North Wiltshire visited St. Mary’s...
Launch of The Lydiard Archives
On 10th September 2021, The Friends of Lydiard Park launched The Lydiard Archives, a unique on-line collection of objects,...
Friends make bid to Arts Council for Memories Project
The Friends of Lydiard Park have made a £45,000 bid to The Arts Council South West for a digital Memories Project to...
The Lydiard Archives – Love Tokens and Keepsakes Collection
Our latest collection celebrates the theme of love with a group of exquisite St.John family miniatures drawn from Lydiard...
The Lydiard Archives – Yuletide Collection
Throughout the centuries, Lydiard House and Park has celebrated the Yuletide season in its own unique way, and left a...
The Lydiard Archives – The World War I Collection
We are commemorating Remembrance Sunday this month with a focus on the World War I Collection in the Lydiard...
The Lydiard Archives – Featured Collections
The Lydiard Archives has launched with three fascinating featured collections: World War 1 -...
St. Mary’s Church launches brand new School Programme
As part of the £1million St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze Conservation Project, the church is launching an exciting new schools...
Pevsner Guide to Wiltshire
New Wiltshire Pevsner Guide features the St Mary's polyptych on the back cover of the new edition. A new edition of the...
Portrait Acquisition – Holles St John
The Trustees of the Friends of Lydiard Park have purchased a hitherto unknown portrait of one of the St John family and...
Lydiard House; brighter and better protected
Lydiard House has been given a bit of a facelift; and its more than cosmetic. Swindon Borough Council have completed a...
Local company to build Lydiard’s ‘Project Archive’
The Friends of Lydiard Park have appointed Royal Wootton Bassett-based company Sanders Web Works to build the digital...
Webinar Recordings
If you missed some of our webinar talks the first time around, you can now catch up by watching recordings of our...
Funding Secured for Lydiard Tregoze Grave Survey
Thanks to grants totalling £1,500 from Lydiard Tregoze Parish Council and Wiltshire County Royal Wootton Bassett &...
Follow the Lydiard Park Trail
Put on your family detective hats and follow our brand new cartoon trail to explore Lydiard Park. You’ll discover some...
Historic picture donated by local artist Ken Beint
The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to accept the gift of a picture of the carved screen inside St Mary’s Church by...
Council on target with Building Repairs
Visitors to Lydiard Park can’t miss the activity around Lydiard House at the moment. Essential building repairs which...
Heritage Open Days at St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze
Cancelled due to latest government advice on Covid19 St. Mary's Church is opening its doors for Heritage Open...
Swindon Council embark on repairs to Lydiard House
Swindon Borough Council Corporate Projects team are embarking on a programme of external restoration and repairs to Lydiard...
Historic Heroines - A Series of Online Talks
The Friends of Lydiard Park are delighted to bring you a new series of live online talks commencing on Tuesday July 14th...
Your beautiful images of Lydiard under lockdown
During the early days of lockdown, Lydiard Park provided a peaceful haven for wildlife and for those who could safely walk...
‘Henry, the King’s Cavalier’ – a new story for fans of The Lydiard Chronicles
A man may think his life is only measured by battles fought for the king. Until he meets a woman worth fighting for! For...
Building repairs to St. Mary’s completed
Observing strict working practices necessitated by Coronavirus, Ellis and Company completed repairs to St. Mary’s Church...
New appointments for the Friends and St. Mary’s Church
We are delighted to let you know of two important new appointments in the Lydiard community. Writer and historian Nicola...
Behind Closed Doors
St. Mary’s may be closed until Easter but while the congregation worships in other locations, young people are gaining new...
St. Mary’s Church seeks Volunteer Co-ordinator
The St. Mary’s Conservation Project has involved local schools, youth theatre and family activities, introducing many new...
Latest Lydiard Chronicle wins acclaim
Elizabeth St.John’s much anticipated historical novel ‘Written in their Stars’ was recently awarded “2019 Historical...
Unique Archive Secured for Posterity
In December 2019 the Friends achieved their ambition to find an appropriate home for the late Brian Carne’s irreplaceable...