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Book of Hours owned and used by St.John ancestress Margaret Beauchamp (c1409-1482), with handwritten family records annotated. c. British Library

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Photographs of archaeological investigations, Lydiard Park Landscape Restoration, June 2004

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A set of photographs taken in June 2004 which show park features and archaeological works which were being undertaken by Wessex Archaeology to inform the historic landscape restoration of 2005-7. These include the ruinous dam wall and excavations in the walled garden where a well was discovered.