Former owner of the abbey, William Henry Fox Talbot, developed his "art of photogenic drawing" 175 years ago. He shared the image of one of the Wiltshire abbey's windows in 1839.

Lacock Abbey – an Augustinian nunnery "Gothicked" in the 18th century, ... who lived there and photographed one of the abbey's leaded oriel windows in 1835 to produce the first negative in history.

The quintessential English village of Lacock in the Cotswolds has been used as the backdrop for numerous popular TV shows and films, including Harry Potter and Downton Abbey Skip to main content News ...

This window at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, was the subject of the very first photographic negative, made by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1835. In collaboration with his wife Renate Heyne, ...

The south window at Lacock Abbey which was photographed by Fox Talbot (Image: Western Daily Press). More recently, the village has been catapulted to fame through the film and TV industry.

Lacock has been featured in Downton Abbey, ... The shop window was arranged by the last resident of the address to look like an early 20th century display and the window hasn’t been touched since.

The birth of photography is celebrated with illuminations at the place depicted in one of the first photographic negatives.

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Image caption, The National Trust said last year’s event found the installations were "at their very best" in the dark, so they decided to open in the evening 25 January 2014 A key event in the ...