F Wright

This is another request for information. Who was F Wright and when did his business operate in Market Lavington. What we have is a receipt for goods purchased from F Wright, draper, milliner and outf...

A Hopkins Bill Head

We have a wonderful collection of Hopkins bill heads. Retailers got bill heads on the cheap by having a manufacturers advert on them – like this one below. This one dates from 1913 so is just ove...

Duty paid

At our recent Museum Miscellany – which once again was a grand success with more than 100 people attending and enjoying the information, the photos not to mention our wonderful museum food – one s...

Paying James Neate

Today we look at another of the bills paid by Holloways of West Lavington. This time the recipient of money was James Neate. We can see that James Neate established his business in Market Lavington...

A bill from Arthur Oatley

Arthur Oatley was born in Streatham in South London in 1883. Sometime towards the end of the 19th century his father became manager of Market Lavington brickworks. In 1901 young Arthur was living at B...

A Bill from Alf Mullings

The Mullings family came from Devizes. William settled in Market Lavington in around 1870 and set up his basket making business which his son, Alf, continued and then Sid, Alf’s son also carried it ...

Three Brass Bushes

Good fortune continues at Market Lavington Museum so today we’ll take a look at what might be called the Holloway haul of acquisitions. These were documents saved from the Holloway builders’ offic...