The website has been created as part of a major heritage project - run by Wiltshire County Council and funded by the New Opportunities Fund - known as Window on Wiltshire's Heritage.

A new website for the Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life has also been launched as part of the WOW project.

Market Lavington Village Museum is housed in the picturesque old schoolmaster's house in the village, built in 1846. The collection illustrates life and work in the village, mainly from Victorian times to the present day.

The new website features a colourful room by room guide to the museum and a wonderful selection of historic photos.

These include pictures of village views, events and local people from the late 19th century onwards, and images showing items from the collection relating to local trades, such as a dew pond digger's bottle, as well as domestic items.

The Lackham website presents visitors with a striking photograph of the house - passing over each window of the house reveals a letter from A to Z with further information about an aspect of the museum or the area's history.

For example, clicking on 'K' reveals the Lackham estate's connection with King Henry VIII.

The king visited Lackham in 1535 - it is thought he was staying there while visiting his future queen Jane Seymour at Wolf's Hall near Marlborough.

The two new websites can be accessed by using the WOW portal, www.wowheritage.org.uk

Window on Wiltshire's Heritage is an innovative £425,000 project to set up a major web-based resource chronicling the county's history and culture.

The WOW website enables visitors to find out about Wiltshire's heritage by going to the 'Discover' pages and searching by theme or keyword.

The eight themes available are Archives for All, Wiltshire Buildings, Wiltshire's Museums, Windows to the Past (photography), Wiltshire Archaeology, Art of Wiltshire, Open Book (local history) and Wiltshire's Nature.

Users of the website can connect to partner web pages to find more information for each theme.

By using the WOW website as a portal, they can access a vast range of useful information and expertise on the various aspects of the county's heritage. The project involves a total of 19 partner organisations.