&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Lacock_Abbey_Cloisters,_Wiltshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg) Lacock Abbey, the cloister | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Abbey Church of the Blessed Mary and St Bernard |
| Other names | "locus beate Marie" ("the place of the Blessed Mary") |
| Order | Augustinian Canonesses regular |
| Established | 1229 |
| Disestablished | 1539 |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Ela, 3rd Countess of Salisbury |
| Site | |
| Location | Lacock, Wiltshire, England |
| Visible remains | most extensive remains of a medieval nunnery in England, but church demolished |
| Public access | National Trust |
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 of Augustinian Canonesses regular. It was seized by the crown in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. It then became a country house, Lacock Abbey, notable as the site of Henry Fox Talbot's early experiments in photography.