Market Lavington houses [6]
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Market Lavington houses [6]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 19 May 2020
Numbers 70 and 72 High Street are probably of 17th century origin enlarged in the early 19th century. The ground floor is built in greensand, the first floor in brick. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1182758 Market Lavington lies at the foot of the north western scarp slope of Salisbury Plain, about 5 miles south of Devizes. There is evidence of continuous occupation of the village since the Iron Age and maybe, near continuous occupation since late Neolithic times. The village developed around the cross roads of an east-west road (now the B3098) and a north-south road which ran from Devizes to Salisbury – later closed. Once considered a town, a market charter was granted in 1254.
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Image Location
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51.288103
Longitude
-1.976146