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...

Knapp Farm barns – a watercolour

Our stock of artistic interpretations of the local scene has increased considerably in recent times. Today we are looking at the Knapp Farm barns before their conversion to dwellings. Sadly this is un...

Philpotts

Much of our parish is out of bounds to members of the public for Market Lavington goes for some miles over Salisbury Plain which is military range. However, when the flags are not flying there is a ri...

Joshua Hampton’s farm records

Joshua Hampton was a hill farmer. In the 1870s he occupied Pond Farm and Meeches Farm which were sited in what is now Easterton parish. He kept brief records of what he grew. Here’s an entry for 18...

Knapp Farm Barns

People who live in what is now called White Horse Barns may like to see this photo of their homes, before conversion. This photo, obviously not taken in ideal conditions, dates from about 1997, soo...

Southcliffe Farm

This bungalow was the home of the Alexander family. Our photo of it was taken in 1934. Sitting outside the front door is Geoffrey Alexander. He later emigrated to Australia and still has descendant...

The Cooper Family at New Farm

New Farm is, or rather was, one of the farms on Salisbury Plain, in the parish of Market Lavington. To reach New Farm now you’d have to go to the top of Lavington Hill and then, if the flags werenâ€...

A barrel lock

A short while ago we featured a barrel tap found by local metal detectorist, Norman (click here). This item set Philip’s mind working. He recalled finding a similar item when clearing his in-laws’...

All gone!

All gone, but not forgotten. That phrase applies to the man-made bits of this photo. This picture dates from 1986. That’s 28 years ago as this is written. In the foreground we have the pens and ...

Arthur Walton – Poultry Farmer

Much can be discovered from bill heads and letter heads and here is something we only knew about when we were given the opportunity to copy a collection of such bill and letter heads recently. It conc...