Market Lavington
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 Market Lavington
Market Lavington shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 2,213 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU014541 |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DEVIZES |
| Postcode district | SN10 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
| Website | www |
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Market Lavington is a civil parish and large village with a population of about 2,200 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the market town of Devizes. The parish includes the hamlets of Lavington Sands and Fiddington Sands.
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Status
Market Lavington was formerly considered to be a town and received a Royal Charter to hold a weekly market in the year 1254.[2]
The civil parish elects a parish council.[3] It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
The parish falls in 'The Lavingtons and Erlestoke' electoral ward. This ward starts in the south at West Lavington and stretches north to Worton. The total population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 5,857.[4]
The village has a Co-op supermarket, a pharmacist, a butcher, a post office, a florist, a hairdresser, a pub, a café and other small businesses. There is also a Nursing and Residential Home.
Buildings
The Anglican Church of St Mary dates from the 13th century and is Grade I listed.[5][6]
The Old House, a 14th-century manor house, is also Grade I listed.[7]
A new Manor House was built in 1865 by Ewan Christian for Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, a politician and Ecclesiastical Commissioner. Since 1926 it has been owned by Dauntsey's School.[8]
Schools
The village has two schools, as well as a pre-school group.
- St. Barnabas's primary school
- Lavington School, a comprehensive, specialist Maths and Computing College
The village is less than two miles from Dauntsey's School, in nearby West Lavington.
Railway
The Stert and Westbury Railway, part of the route from London to Taunton, was built through the parish by the Great Western Railway in 1900. At the same time a station named Lavington was built a short distance outside Market Lavington parish, north of Littleton Panell where the line crosses the A360. It was closed in 1967 and no local stations remain; the nearest stations are Pewsey and Westbury.
Events
Market Lavington hosts an annual barrel rolling contest and a tug of war on White Street, leading up Lavington Hill.
See also
Further reading
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Market Lavington. |
- Village website: MarketLavington.org.uk
- Historic Market Lavington photos at BBC Wiltshire
- Market Lavington museum
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