On 24th July, 1953 a local paper carried a feature about ‘Old Market Lavington’. Sadly, the person who kept the paper removed its name so we do not know which paper it was.
The page about our village contains a number of stories about people and places, some from long before 1953 and some about older people who were still alive.
Today we look at Mr Hiscock, the thatcher. We did look at this thatching family back in November, at which time our curator said, ‘We’ll see what else we can find out about the Hiscocks. Here is a bit more.
Small news item about Albert Hiscock from a 1953 Wiltshire newspaper
Above we see the small item about Mr Albert Hiscock, Albert. Albert was born about 1872 in Potterne parish, but by the time of the 1881 census he was in the Lavington area – Fiddington, to be precise – where he lived with his parents (dad, Jacob, was a thatcher) and brothers and sisters.
Albert was still with his parents in 1891. This time, in Easterton. Albert was described as a gardener on this census.
In 1901 Albert lived in Little Cheverell with his wife, Harriet and the first couple of their children. Albert had now become a thatcher – following in father’s footsteps. He was still in Cheverell in 1911.
We do not know when Albert moved to Market Lavington, but the photo with the newspaper article tells us that in 1953, he lived with his son at Hillside in Market Lavington.
Albert Hiscock of Market Lavington in 1953
Albert died in 1955, just a few months after Harriet. Both are buried in the churchyard at Market Lavington.
We’d still like to know more of the Hiscock family. Do get in touch if you can tell us any more.
Tags: craft, Easterton, Fiddington, Market Lavington, Museum, thatching
Market Lavington Museum 
August 1, 2011 at 7:10 am |
I remember the Hiscock family thatching around Market Lavington.
George the son was deaf and dumb and as you say lived in the cottage right on the corner.
If memory serves me relatives were the Haywards who lived at Lavington Hill unsure of the connection though
September 29, 2012 at 5:35 am |
[…] Market Lavington thatcher. We have read about him a couple of times on this blog. (Click here and here). Albert and his wife lived at Hillside at the bottom of Lavington Hill. One of the nicest photos […]
May 9, 2015 at 5:01 am |
[…] You can click here to read a little more about Albert. […]