Laycock Abbey

[David Morison]

A weekend visit to Lacock Abbey was an interesting excursion, especially as it was once owned by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the "Calotype" photography process and the first person to produce a photographic negative. The oldest negative in existence is of an Oriel window at Laycock Abbey. This is my image of that exact window at Laycock:



Not quite the atmosphere of Fox Talbot's image!

More of the Abbey:

The main frontage



Two Tudor ladies (one assured me she was Anne Bolyn - complete with her head sown back on):



A view from the grounds:



The great Hall:



The Blue Parlour:



A gallery:



The Cloisters, people "Snaphealed" out:



And a couple of visitors:

Golden Eagle



Gyrfalcon



E-M5 plus Leica 14-150mm for all but the birds (M75-300mm)

David

[Ian]

Re: Laycock Abbey

Thanks for these, David - nice to see the present day reality of that window that was immortalised by Mr Talbot all those years ago. Shame about those big ol' radiator pipes (I assume!)

Ian

[Pops]

Re: Laycock Abbey

Lovely place to spend an afternoon.
Anne Bolyn eh ... medical science is truly amazing nowadays.

[Caz]

Re: Laycock Abbey

Love the photos - Lacock is beautiful, really must go back because last time I went photography wasn't allowed inside (apart from the Oriel Window).

[Barr1e]

Re: Laycock Abbey

Lovely place to spend an afternoon.
Anne Bolyn eh ... medical science is truly amazing nowadays.

Agreed, great steps made over the past years.

So much to see and do and you appear to have been busy of late David.

Enjoyed your tours/pix.

Regards. Barr1e