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Hanging on the wall of a barn, originally thatched, are two fire hooks. The hooks were used to tear burning straw from the thatched roofs of houses and haystacks to prevent the fire spreading. Last in use in 1932 they are now too fragile to be used. The plaque SU0053 : West Lavington features [3] gives further details.
West Lavington, along with Littleton Panell, form a nearly continuous line of ribbon development along the A360 Devizes to Salisbury road on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. There is evidence of occupation in this area from late Neolithic or early Bronze Age times. The Dauntsey family owned land in the parish from at least 1474 and in 1542 William Dauntsey's bequest founded a school and almshouses.