| Description | Enclosed is a Lacock Abbey preliminary park and garden survey by Penny G Snowden, Jul 1992. Includes:
Short history of Lacock Abbey and the grounds.
The work of William Henry Fox Talbot.
The work of the National Trust.
Tree survey of Lacock Abbey parkland.
Appendix 1: garden practices and experiments (from a notebook of 1828/9).
Appendix 2: plants noted at Lacock by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1828-1860.
Appendix 3: frequency of parkland trees tagged.
Appendix 4: bills to William Henry Fox Talbot for plants, 1835-1859.
Appendix 5: extracts from letters to William Henry Fox Talbot of botanical interest from 1833.
Tree survey map.
Also includes references to plants and abbey garden in Fox Talbot correspondence, 1829-1841, transcribed 1993. |