Category: Swindon
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Plunge Pool at Lydiard Park
Cold bathing was fashionable in the 18c. George III was advised to do it by his doctors. It was said to cure madness, rickets, leprosy and asthma. This plunge pool at Lydiard Park dates from about 1820.
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Lydiard Park
At a coaching conference in Swindon for the weekend. Nearby is Lydiard Park, a 260 acre park with a Palladian House. And a nice copse of beech trees.