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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...
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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...
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  • Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England. Lacock or LaCock may also refer to: Joanne Dru (1922–1996), born Joan Letitia...
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    Ralph Pierre "Pete" LaCock Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder. He batted and threw left-handed...
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    Lacock Abbey was a monastery founded at Lacock, in the county of Wiltshire in England, in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a house...
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    Ralph Pierre LaCock (March 30, 1926 – August 15, 2024), better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, was an American game show host, television and radio...
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    Joanne Dru (born Joan Letitia LaCock; January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River...
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    51°24′54″N 2°07′01″W / 51.415°N 2.117°W / 51.415; -2.117 Lacock, England was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 with a population of less...
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    village of Lacock, Wiltshire. The Norman architecture base to the current church, funded jointly by local landowners Edward of Salisbury of Lacock and William...
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    The Lacock Cup is a late medieval silver standing-cup. It was made for secular use, which makes its survival very rare, but was early in its life given...
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    Abner Lacock (July 9, 1770 – April 12, 1837) was an American politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature...
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    House in Dorset and was the only child of William Davenport Talbot, of Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, and his wife Lady Elisabeth Fox Strangways...
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    the Talbots' main estates were in Salwarpe, Worcestershire. They acquired Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire through his great-grandmother, Olive, who died at the age...
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  • years after William's death, then became a nun, and eventually Abbess of Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, which she had founded in 1229. Ela was born in Amesbury...
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    largely agricultural; 390 mills are mentioned, and vineyards at Tollard and Lacock. In the succeeding centuries sheep-farming was vigorously pursued, and the...
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  • Grade II listed 19th-century country house in Reybridge, a hamlet near Lacock, Wiltshire, England. It is privately owned by Queen Camilla. Ray Mill House...
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  • for the television series. Also in September, filming was under way in Lacock, Wiltshire, with Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Michelle...
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  • Photo of the Year Talbot's 1835 photograph has also been referred to as Lacock Oriel Window (Latticed Window) or simply Latticed Window. Also known as...
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    Uniontown. In August 1908 and again during June and July 1909, John Kennedy Lacock, a Harvard professor originally from Amity, near Washington, Pennsylvania...
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    Cantax House is a grade II* listed house in Cantax Hill, Lacock, Wiltshire, England. It dates from around 1700 and is of red brick with ashlar dressings...
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    Wiltshire, England, in Lacock parish about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) south of Chippenham and 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the east of Lacock village. Bowden Hill has...
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  • including Bradford on Avon, Bristol, Berkeley Castle, Gloucester Cathedral, Lacock, Salisbury Cathedral, and Wells. In early January 2017, the producers released...
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    Donat's Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, and Great Chalfield Manor and Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. The series was filmed from May to July 2014. The series...
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    England. It lies in the civil parish of Lacock, west of Bowden Hill and about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Lacock village. Bewley Court is a Grade I listed...
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    Magnificent cups made from precious metal such as the Royal Gold Cup and the Lacock Cup, western Europe, (14th–15th centuries) Complete church altar set from...
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    saxophonist, radio personality Lisa Kudrow – actress, TV series Friends Pete LaCock – MLB first baseman and coach Dale Launer – comedy screenwriter Ken Levine...
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    maintained her residence, Ray Mill House, which she purchased in 1995, near Lacock in Wiltshire, she then moved into Clarence House, Charles's household and...
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    Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire Part 4 XVI. Cloisters of Lacock Abbey XVII. Bust of Patroclus XVIII. Gate of Christchurch Part 5 XIX. The Tower of Lacock Abbey...
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    converted into country houses by lay purchasers. In other cases, such as Lacock Abbey and Forde Abbey, the conventual buildings themselves were converted...
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    Lacock Halt was a minor railway station on the Chippenham–Trowbridge section of the former Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WSWR), which opened as...
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