West Lavington, Wiltshire

West Lavington
Dial House, West Lavington
West Lavington is located in Wiltshire
West Lavington
West Lavington
Location within Wiltshire
Population1,502 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU007530
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDEVIZES
Postcode districtSN10
Dialling code01380
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°16′44″N 1°59′42″W / 51.279°N 1.995°W / 51.279; -1.995

West Lavington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the north edge of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road between Devizes and Salisbury, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Devizes. The parish includes the hamlet of Littleton Panell.

The parish was formerly known as Bishops' Lavington, the land having been granted to Roger, Bishop of Salisbury in 1136, and remaining in the hands of the bishopric throughout the Middle Ages.[2]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1953). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 7 pp198-206 – Parishes: West or Bishop's Lavington". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 23 November 2020.