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Coordinates: 51°17′00″N 1°59′00″W / 51.2833°N 1.9833°W
| Market Lavington | |
 Village centre |
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 Market Lavington
Market Lavington shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 2,257 (2001 census) |
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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 | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Market Lavington is a large village with a population of about 2,300 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, near the market town of Devizes.
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[edit] Status
Market Lavington was formerly considered to be a town and received a Royal Charter to hold a weekly market in the year 1254.
Even today it still has a Co-op supermarket, a pharmacist, a butcher, a newsagent's shop, a post office, two hairdressers, two pubs, a lovely Indian Take Away with open kitchen and other small businesses. There is also a Nursing and Residential Home. The manor house is now the junior boarding house for Dauntsey's School
As well as having its own elected parish council, Market Lavington falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
[edit] Schools
The village has two schools, as well as a pre-school group. It is less than two miles from Dauntsey's School, in nearby West Lavington.
- St. Barnabas's primary school
- Lavington School, a comprehensive, specialist Maths and Computing College.
[edit] Events
Market Lavington hosts an annual barrel rolling contest and a tug of war on White Street [1], leading up Lavington Hill.
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.); Baggs, A. P.; Crowley, D. A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 10: Swanborough hundred; the borough of Devizes.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Market Lavington |
- Village Website: MarketLavington.org.uk
- The Lavingtons Online
- Historic Market Lavington photos at BBC Wiltshire
- Brief history of the village
- Market Lavington museum website
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