Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre
Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre
Vol 3 - Lackham Countryside Centre
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The Manor of <strong>Lackham</strong> <strong>Vol</strong> 3 : The Montagu family<br />
This investigation of the history of the manor of <strong>Lackham</strong>, close to<br />
Chippenham and next to Lacock in Wiltshire, started with the current<br />
author’s “The Bluets ; a baronial family and their historical connections<br />
1066- 1400 1 ” and was continued in “The Baynards : a county family and<br />
their historical connections 1360 – 1650 2 .”<br />
This work takes the story through the period of the Civil War and the<br />
Enlightenment to Canal Mania and on into the early part of the nineteenth<br />
century.<br />
For biographies of the authors see the Introduction to <strong>Vol</strong>. 1 “The<br />
Bluets”. Both of the previous volumes in this history, and others, are held<br />
by Wiltshire Libraries, the Wiltshire & Swindon History <strong>Centre</strong> in<br />
Chippenham and online at<br />
http://www.lackham.co.uk/history/documents.asp<br />
As always we owe enormous debts of gratitude to the people who helped<br />
by their willingness to give freely of their time, expertise and knowledge,<br />
and without whom this volume would not have been possible. Individual<br />
credits and thanks are given in the footnotes. Not credited specifically<br />
are the archivists and staff at all the record offices and libraries<br />
consulted and who were unfailingly helpful above and beyond that which<br />
might be expected. We are very lucky to have such dedicated and<br />
knowledgeable people around and we would express our very sincere<br />
gratitude to everyone who helped.<br />
As previously this volume is a (much enlarged) development of a part, in<br />
this case the Montagu section, of the 2005 third edition of “The Manor<br />
of <strong>Lackham</strong>” by Tony Pratt. Information that is new to this edition (the<br />
majority of the work) is in blue, if viewing as an electronic file.<br />
The electronic edition uses hyperlinks to allow you to move more easily<br />
through the work. The figure numbers in the Illustrations index will take<br />
you to the relevant figure, and clicking on the ** symbol there will return<br />
1 2008 <strong>Lackham</strong> Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life Trust<br />
2 Tony Pratt (2009) Wiltshire College, <strong>Lackham</strong><br />
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