Towns & cities · South East England
Market Lavington
Market Lavington — village in Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Market Lavington is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 2,046 people. Address: SN10. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Wiltshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.2833°, -1.9833°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Salisbury Plain SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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 village lies on the B3098 Westbury–Urchfont road which skirts the edge of the Plain. The parish includes the hamlets of Northbrook, Lavington Sands and Fiddington Sands.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
There was a Roman settlement near the present parish church, which was followed by a Saxon settlement, including a cemetery which was used in the 5th to 7th centuries. Thus the area was continuously occupied from the late Roman period until the establishment of the medieval planned town in the 13th century. Domesday Book has two entries for Laventone, with a large combined population of 38 households, 12 acres of woodland and three mills. The ancient parish included the detached tithing of Gore, about 2 mi south of Market Lavington church, where a manor was recorded in Domesday Book; this area was transferred to West Lavington in 1884 and is now farmland.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2833, -1.9833
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Market Lavington
- Postcode
- SN10
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Population
- 2,046
- Official site
- www.marketlavingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1222078 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Market Lavington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Marys Church, Market Lavington (geograph 1999345).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Memorials & monuments · South East England
Market Lavington War Memorial
Market Lavington War Memorial — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic churches · South East England
Church of St Mary, Market Lavington
Church of St Mary, Market Lavington — Grade I listed building-listed church in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Memorials & monuments · South East England
Unidentified Monument In Churchyard, Approximately 21 Metres North Of Vestry, Church Of St Mary
Unidentified Monument In Churchyard, Approximately 21 Metres North Of Vestry, Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Memorials & monuments · South East England
Fowle Monument And Railings In Churchyard, C.18 Metres North East Of Chancel, Church Of St Mary
Fowle Monument And Railings In Churchyard, C.18 Metres North East Of Chancel, Church Of St Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
📷 5Museums · South East England
Market Lavington Museum
Market Lavington Museum — a museum in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic houses · South East England
The Old House
The Old House — Grade I listed house in Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Market Lavington?
- Market Lavington is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SN10), in the parish of Market Lavington.
- Is Market Lavington a protected site?
- Yes — Market Lavington is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Salisbury Plain SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Market Lavington free to visit?
- Yes, Market Lavington is free to enter.
- How do I get to Market Lavington?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN10. It sits within the Melksham and Devizes parliamentary constituency.