Editing Lacock (section)

==History==
{{main|History of Lacock}}
Lacock is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, with a population of 160–190; with two mills and a vineyard. [[Lacock Abbey]] was founded on the manorial lands by [[Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury|Ela, Countess of Salisbury]] and established in 1232; and the village – with the manor – formed its endowment to "God and St Mary". Lacock was granted a market and developed a thriving woollen industry during the [[Middle Ages]]. Reybridge, and a [[packhorse]] ford, remained the only crossing points of the [[River Avon, Bristol|River Avon]] until the 18th century.<ref name="wch">{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/132|title=Lacock|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>

At the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolution]], the Abbey and estate, including the village, were sold to [[William Sharington]], later passing into the Talbot family by marriage.<ref name="wch" /> The Lacock estate was home to photography pioneer [[Henry Fox Talbot]] from 1800 to 1877.

In 1916 Henry Fox Talbot's son Charles bequeathed the Lacock estate to his niece, Matilda Gilchrist-Clark, who took the name of Talbot. The estate – comprising {{convert|284|acre|km2}}, the Abbey and the village – was given to the National Trust in 1944 by Matilda Talbot.<ref name="wch" /> Lacock has three public houses and a number of shops in its High Street including a grocery store, a bakery, gift shops and a National Trust shop.