MEMORIES OF SALISBURY PLAIN

Much of Salisbury Plain is now closed to walkers, being a military firing range. Norman Merritt, a lifelong local man, recalls walking across Salisbury Plain when it was still possible --000-- MEMORIE...

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...

Pond Farm – then and now

Pond Farm is one of the lost farms on Salisbury Plain. It was an active farm until about 1910, albeit its piece was disturbed by the summer regimental camps which took place there. Then it became par...

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€...

Haymaking in 1915

1915 was not an easy time anywhere in the UK. Men had volunteered to fight in the war – and they hadn’t got home by Christmas – unless severely injured. The men were not around when it came to a...

The Girls on the Plain

This photo of five young ladies and only one man is captioned as ‘The Group on Salisbury Plain. It comes from the recently acquired album which dates from around 1929. We never really expected to...

Sergeant’s Mess

This post is really about Market Lavington photographer, Alf Burgess. Alf was not only a photographer, he was very much a business man and he always had thoughts on what would make money. The summer ...

Pond Farm

Pond Farm was one of the hill farms of our parish. These days it is in a part of Easterton which the military authorities on Salisbury Plain have completely closed to the public. Our old photo, taken ...

The Museum Miscellany

The Miscellany takes place in less than ten days time on 17th September at 7.30pm in Market Lavington Community Hall. Tickets cost just £5 and are available now from Market Lavington Post Office, or ...

Peggy’s Project on Salisbury Plain

Back in 1934, a young lass called M Welch compiled a school project on Salisbury Plain. Miss Welch became better known to we younger folk as Peggy Gye. Peggy would have been 12 or 13 at the time she w...