Millennium Photos

A millennium project in Market Lavington was to photograph everybody (or as many people asd possible) outside their house or premises. We have the photos in the museum and they provide a snapshot of w...

A Gypsy Rover

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Easterton Shop – 1930s

We have recently gained a number of postcards of Easterton and this one has excited some interest. The scene is clear. The main focus of the photo is the shop – the one near the bottom of Eastertonâ...

The Godfrey family at home

Robin Godfrey had the shop in Easterton – the one opposite the junction with Kings Road which at the moment has the car repair shop and yard. Robin took the shop something like 100 years ago. He ha...

Mr Pomeroy in the 1870s

The title for this piece may seem odd when we see the post card that introduces him. This rather careworn card is very much mid-20th century. It clearly shows the Co-op on the left where we still f...

A receipt from Harry Hobbs

Time was when there were at least four grocers/general stores in Market Lavington. One of them belonged to Harry Hobbs. His shop was almost immediately opposite the Green Dragon. Today we look at a r...

A battered old photo

This photo has clearly seen better days but even so it is a lovely, lovely image. This is the corner of High Street and White Street in Market Lavington probably in the 1920s. At this time many of ...

A nineteenth century pulley block

This little pulley wheel looks ordinary enough but its cast iron construction and the style of rivet holding the wheel in identify it as 19th century. This was found attached to a first floor joist...

Hopkins and the New Inn

This photo – we have a copy of the original and clearly it is under glass – is not of the highest quality, but nonetheless it shows and interesting scene. This is a part of Church Street in M...

Peter Francis – his home and shop

Peter Francis almost became our village photographer by accident – or perhaps that should say by illness. He had been destined to be a part of the family butchery business but ill health found him u...