West Lavington buildings [5]
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West Lavington buildings [5]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Sep 2019
The older part of the building (furthest from camera) was built in 1854 as a parochial school. This provided for the first time education for girls, boys had been provided for since 1553. The buildings are now part of Dauntsey's School. West Lavington, along with Littleton Panell, form a nearly continuous line of ribbon development along the A360 Devizes to Salisbury road on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. There is evidence of occupation in this area from late Neolithic or early Bronze Age times. The Dauntsey family owned land in the parish from at least 1474 and in 1542 William Dauntsey's bequest founded a school and almshouses.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.281991
Longitude
-1.998373