A Sunday School Treat in 1921

This event took place 95 years ago and could just remain in the memory of a centenarian. For others it represents a past and very different age. In fact it is hard to imagine what life was like 95 yea...

Grove Farm, the church and village

Here we have a period postcard of Market Lavington. We date this by TV aerial to about 1960. All of the TV masts we see are of the old 405 lines type. This is a view of the village from the lower s...

Church and Grove – 1920s

Some photos capture the quiet and rural nature of a place and we think this one did just that. We are looking at the west end and north side of St Mary’s church. We think this was taken in 1929. ...

The church in colour

Collectors of postcards often seem to dismiss the images which have been colour tinted. However, they give us an idea of what places actually looked like, 100 or more years ago. It reminds us that it ...

Church choir outing

Let’s start by looking at the back of a postcard for that has the caption. We can see the postcard is battered but we can also read that this is St Mary’s Church choir outing 1923 or 24 And ...

Printer’s blocks

We can get some unlikely items given to us here at the local museum serving Market Lavington and Easterton. At first sight this looks like a picture of St Mary’s Church – the parish church for Mar...

Merging Market Lavington and Easterton

The two church parishes of Market Lavington and Easterton have separate identities but in 1962 they were merged into one benefice. This document, published by HMSO, explains. It looks as though th...

Restoration of the Market Lavington Church Sundial – April 2004

The restoration was carried out by Harriet James who still operates. Her web site is at http://harrietjames-sundials.co.uk/. What follows is her report. The sundial is set into the wall about 20ft ...

Mary Ann Potter

We couldn’t take every bit of personal memorabilia at our small museum, but some items belonged to a special enough person that we feel we’ll squeeze them in. This little book is a case in point. ...

St Mary’s Church to Imber

It’s easy to forget now that once upon a time and still within living memory, real people lived in Imber and carried on real and very normal lives. One of our postcards of St Mary’s Church was sen...