Museum Miscellany

(Some of the) Treasures of Market Lavington Tonight at 7.30pm in Market Lavington Community Hall Tickets, on the door at £5 each. We celebrate our Silver Jubilee tonight. The event will take the form...

Knapp House

Knapp (sometimes Nap or Knap and sometimes House or Farm) is situated at the foot of Lavington Hill and not far from Market Lavington’s main spring water supply at Broadwell. It is a large house wi...

The Life of James Lye

Market Lavington gardener, James Lye was a giant in the field of fuchsia growing and hybridisation. Here – a response to requests for information - we present the details we have of his life. --000-...

‘Country Pageant’ by Hugh Brandon Cox

This small book forms part of the collection at Market Lavington Museum. You could read the book – a delightful collection of information in text and images about life in rural areas – and wo...

John Legg – a Market Lavington Naturalist

John Legg lived in Market Lavington from about 1755 to 1802. In 1780 he published a book – one of the first to tell the truth about bird migration. But it seems John was a shy man and did his best t...