Australians in World War One

As we move towards 2014, and that centenary of the start of the First World War, this is a reminder that we shall be devoting display space to that war. We still seek personal stories and any other m...

Ernest Hiscock

What we have, at Market Lavington Museum, concerning Ernest Hiscock, are his army discharge papers. Ernest was born in 1866 to Edward Hiscock, an engineer and his wife Sarah. Ernest was quite a lot...

Australians in the Market Place

Soldiers from all round the world – members of the British Empire and others – all rallied to the cause in the First World War. Just what the cause was, most probably was an unknown quantity to me...

The Potter family at home

Edwin Potter was born in about 1876. He was the son of Edwin who ran the horse bus service between Market Lavington and Devizes. Our Edwin, the younger, was brought up in premises next to The Gree...