1500 Teazle Farming - Weaving of cloth and the sale of wool was fast becoming a major industry througout the country and large areas of teazles were grown in Compton Martin for use in cloth making. They were sold in packs of 20,000 - 3000 being consumed on a piece of cloth 40 years in length.

1770. New Whipping Post at the Pond. Corporal punishment by whipping was often awarded by the criminal law of England for minor offenses such as petty larceny and vagrancy. In the time of the Puritans it was also meted out as a punishment for absence from church.

1778 The First School.