Market Lavington
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| Market Lavington | |
  Market Lavington shown within Wiltshire |
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| Population | 2257 (2001 census) |
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| District | Kennet |
| Shire county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
Market Lavington is a large village with a population of about 3,000 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, a hardware store, two hairdressers, three pubs 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
[edit] Schools
The village has two schools: St. Barnabas's primary school and the comprehensive school, Lavington School, as well as a pre-school group. It is less than two miles from Dauntsey's School, in nearby West Lavington.
[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] External links
- MarketLavington.org.uk
- The Lavingtons Online
- Brief history of the village
- Market Lavington museum website
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