Pond Farm Camp kitchen

Pond Farm Camp was used by Commonwealth men during World War One but before that it was used as summer training camps, often for territorial soldiers. Many of the postcards of the camp show row after ...

A permanent display

  Our kitchen range is a part of the structure of the museum.  As such it forms a permanent display. We believe it was installed when the cottage was built in the 1840s – and there it still i...

This might grate

Well it certainly would have done once for that was its purpose – to grate cheese and other foods. Yes, it is a food grater. We believe this grater dates from the 1920s but of course, similar pr...

Opening Day

Yes, the new season begins for us today and we look forward to seeing you in the museum during the coming summer and autumn months. Maybe you’ll get there today. A lot of our work has been done in ...

A Trivet

These days most people would have no idea on how to cook on a kitchen range. It was a work of skill getting things to the right temperature with judicious addition of fuel and control of dampers. And ...

A Pastry Cutter

Making pastry may be a bit of a vanishing skill, for many folks find it easier to buy it ready made. However, whether home or factory made, it will probably need cutting to shape. You need a pastry cu...

A Potato Ricer

Older visitors to the museum love to look at items and say, ‘I used to have one of them’.  Today we are looking at an item that will fall into that kind of category. I’m afraid those older  vi...

Bottles and Bowls

Bottles, made of glass, are amazing survivors. Museums like ours at Market Lavington are almost certain to have collections of bottles from the past. They can form a good basis for a display, often fa...

A Kitchen Range

Whilst writing about the Baptism of Edward Doubleday Francis and his baptism, a piece of history was coming to light at his former home – the butcher’s shop in Market Lavington. It seems there was...

A knife cleaner

Older ideas are always likely to get killed off by newer technologies. As soon as stainless steel became suitable for knives, the days of the knife cleaner were numbered. Nowadays, these items, design...