Parish church [3]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 19 May 2020

Part of the large graveyard which contains a number of listed monuments. The Anglican parish church of St Mary is late 13th century incorporating some earlier fabric. There were alterations and additions in the 14th and 15th centuries and the church was restored in circa 1860 and again in 1910. There are some fine wall monuments. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035835 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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