Andrews and Dury

Messrs Andrews and Dury produced a reasonably accurate survey of Wiltshire back in 1773. In 1952 the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society published a copy of the map in book form. Ma...

A Tom Gye sketch map

It still feels impossible to think that we no longer have the direct wisdom of Tom Gye to draw upon. As one of the oldest residents he had such a wealth of knowledge about so many things. But at leas...

Market Place – 1914

We do not know who drew out this map, but it gives us a good idea of what our village Market Place was like 100 years ago. And that, of course, was nothing like it is today! The added words tell a ...

Grove Farm Plans

This plan has recently turned up at Market Lavington Museum. We do not know its origins, but it looks, perhaps, to have been part of some kind of school project display, produced by an adult. The plan...

Easterton Manor Grounds in 1925

In 1925 the Williams family owned what was left of the Easterton Manor Estate. Today we look at a map which indicated the ground owned by John William Morgan Williams in 1925. It’s a long thin map a...

Another Fine Map

A map, recently acquired by Market Lavington Museum has its date fixed very precisely by the statement, ‘Railway in Course of Construction’. Our local railway was a late build line. It didn’t...

Maps

Our curator can’t help loving maps. He goes into raptures when new maps are given to the museum. Just recently, he was ecstatic because not one, but four maps arrived. These are big scale maps with ...

A fascinating map

For people used to our wonderful Ordnance Survey maps, it can be hard to get your head round this one. The arrow at the left points south. South is roughly at the top of the map, the opposite of what...

Grove Farm for sale.

Grove Farm, as a farm in Market Lavington no longer exists. The site of the farmhouse is close to where the Community Hall now stands and the Grove Farm housing now occupies the local fields. Back in...

Saint James’ Square

The Market Place area of Market Lavington is one of the most changed in the village. This map view gives an idea of what it was like at the end of the nineteenth century. The Market takes centre st...