A Brief History of West Lavington Manor: Volume 1

This is the first of two planned volumes of the history of West Lavington Manor. In this volume, Lyn and Ruth have explored the early history of the manors, the lives of the Lords of the Manor, and the house and the garden, which has its own special place in history.Volume Two will place more emphasis on the people who lived within the manors; people mentioned in a selection of early manorial records; the farmers and farm labourers; the effects of the enclosure of common land in 1840;...
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This is the first of two planned volumes of the history of West Lavington Manor. In this volume, Lyn and Ruth have explored the early history of the manors, the lives of the Lords of the Manor, and the house and the garden, which has its own special place in history.Volume Two will place more emphasis on the people who lived within the manors; people mentioned in a selection of early manorial records; the farmers and farm labourers; the effects of the enclosure of common land in 1840; the families whose names are perpetuated through the field names in the area; and the families mentioned in various sale particulars and land surveys over the years.Volume Two should be available from early spring in 2017.