Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Lacock within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Laycock, par. and vil., Wilts, on river Avon, 3 miles SW. of Chippenham, 3639 ac., pop. 1171; P.O., T.O. The seat called Laycock Abbey was the residence of W. H. Fox Talbot (1800-1877), inventor of the "Talbo-type;" the abbey was founded as an Augustinian nunnery in 1232, and still retains many of its monastic features.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Lacock, 3 miles SW. of Chippenham, Wilts; P.O., T.O. See LAYCOCK.
A village in Chippenham hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
1st Manor
2nd Manor