Enchanting music from the Goddard Ensemble specially chosen to celebrate the natural world in the beautiful surroundings of the great hall of Lydiard House, plus a complimentary drink and canapes serv...

The great Forest of Braydon originally extended across North Wiltshire, covering much of the ground that is now occupied by Swindon, and the land that was to become Lydiard Park. The Domesday Book of ...

Join Friends’ Chair Sarah Finch-Crisp for an illustrated talk on the early life of Lydiard’s last lord in residence, Vernon Henry St.John (1896-1974). She will be drawing on previously unseen family c...

Three weeks on from the restoration of our main catalogue and the improvements to access arrangements for our special collections, we’ve seen a substantial increase in people using our Reading Rooms at St Pancras, with more researchers able to consult books, journals and manuscripts held onsite. Although the various manual...

Digital library services experts field reflect on the sustainability of research practices in the current age

Emily Vine  What’s in an early modern will? On the one hand the answer to this question is straightforward – according to the legal definition a will is the documentary instrument by which a pers...