Market Lavington buildings [14]

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Market Lavington buildings [14]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 19 May 2020

Now a private residence this was a public house, the Volunteer Arms, previously known as The Angel. Built in the late 18th or early 19th century in brick and stone. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1035831 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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51.286305
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-1.979589