A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lavington like this:
LAVINGTON, a sub-district in Devizes district, Wilts; containing East L. and West L. parishes, three other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 23, 409. Pop., 5, 620. Houses, 1, 307.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Lavington by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Littleton Pannell | 0 | 2 |
| Easterton | 0 | 2 |
| Market Lavington | 1 | 3 |
| Urchfont | 0 | 3 |
| West Lavington | 0 | 3 |
| Little Cheverell | 0 | 2 |
| Potterne | 0 | 3 |
| Fullaway | 0 | 3 |
| Cheverell Magna | 0 | 3 |
| Stert | 0 | 2 |
| Black Heath | 0 | 2 |
| Worton | 0 | 2 |
| Chirton | 0 | 2 |
| Marston | 0 | 1 |
| Swanborough | 0 | 2 |
| Etchilhampton | 0 | 2 |
| Devizes | 56 | 4 |
| Southbroom | 0 | 2 |
| Erlestoke | 1 | 4 |
| Marden | 1 | 3 |