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St Cyriac's Church, Lacock

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In the late 1800s, the new owners of Lackham House, the Baynard family, had the then named Lackham chapel, now the Lackham or Baynard chapel, completely rebuilt. A new roof was put on the transept, which was filled with north-facing pews for the Baynard family and their estate workers. In 1861, again
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In the early 21st century, the church was subject to a series of improvement programmes, enabled by public donation, private subscription and funding from national bodies. These have been co-ordinated by both the Friends of Lacock Church and the Lacock
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undertook restoration work on the church, including raising of the transept roofs; a new front; breaking up of the high box pews; taking down the galleries and organ at the west end; and breaking in half of ledger stones from the floor. In 1902,
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In 1604 the recessed octagonal tower was rebuilt, followed later by the "cottage" or south annex, comprising two storeys; an attic was built in a rusticated style, described then as the "new Yle" in 1619. After his death in 1636, a series of
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church on a traditional cruciform plan that exists today, and included the addition of a two-bay east chapel funded by the Bonham and Croke families, which has an east chancel arch window of 6 lights.
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to London, a more extensive 15th-century rebuild was undertaken from the substantial local tax revenues. This created the
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remodelled the church in a way sympathetic to his friend and local resident, the photographic pioneer
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in December 2012, it was sold to a joint bid by the British Museum and the
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tracery in a north transept window. But with Lacock a prosperous
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base to the current church, funded jointly by local landowners
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were placed in the church floor commemorating the life of
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The church was partly rebuilt in the 14th century, with
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St Cyriac's Church

Church of England
Lacock
Wiltshire
Norman architecture
Edward of Salisbury
William II, Count of Eu
Lackham
Saxon
St. Cyriac
decorated
market town
sheep droving
Bath
perpendicular

brass
plaques
Sir Robert Baynard
A.W. Blomfield
Sir Harold Brakspear
William Henry Fox Talbot
Grade I listed
Parochial Church Council

Lacock Cup
British Museum
Lacock Cup
British Museum

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