West Lavington Poor Rate Survey

Now why do we have this elderly looking book- it dates from 1840 - about West Lavington? The answer is simple. Back at the time this book was produced the parish of West Lavington contained areas la...

Cumming’s Garden

From time to time the name Cummings crops up on this blog and here it is again, courtesy of a plot of land which was owned, in 1840, by the Right Hon. William Pleydell, Earl and in the possession of T...

The Reverend Mayow Wynell Mayow

We met this gentleman yesterday in connection with a letter he wrote regarding a family emigrating from Market Lavington to Australia. With the name drawn to our attention, let’s find out some more ...