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I noticed the other names you have got-  Carpenter is one of oldest names in Market Lavington, and the other names are familiar. 

The Hobbs did indeed move westwards to Somerset for coal and stone mining, beer brewing (several malt houses in M.Lavington) and the railway expansion.

My family moved to Bath to be involved in the Victorian Housing boom.  My brother recently lived on the outskirts of Bath, and I know of Clutton.

The 41st Regiment of Foot came from veterans of the Marlborough Wars, namely from the Royal Hospital of Chelsea.  It became the 41st on July 1st 1751.  The regiment amalgamated with the 24th in 1969 and are now the Royal Regiment of Wales.  In the War with the U.S. starting in 1812 the 41st had earlier travelled from Ireland to Canada on August 1799.  Also part of the Wiltshire Militia was part of the Regiment.  Of Course as you may know the 24th were at Rorke's Drift against the Zulu's later.

Interestingly the 24th Regiment came from Sir Edward Derring and the 41st from Colonel Edmund Fielding.  A Derring and Fielding were present at the Battle of Cheriton in the English Civil War earlier, perhaps ancestors, as was John Hobbs in Sir George Vaughan's Regiment.  The Regiment were at Lansdown, Roundaway Down, Bristol, 1st Battle of Newbury, Cheriton and Cropredy Bridge.  The colours were a blue flag with the motto Experto Crede.

A James Hobbs of Market Lavington was captured at Moraviantown on the 5th October 1813 by the U.S. spent a year in a prison camp in America and was released in 1814.

A Charles Hobbs and Jane Godden married in1844.

St Mary's Parish papers are kept at Trowbridge.

Dear Bryan

I have been in contact with you before about Thomas Hobbs of Potterne born 1802.  I know the Hobbs/Hobbes of the area go back until the 1600's, and odd clues come up to suggest they are linked to the Hobbs of Market Lavington and Easterton, its probably a question of when rather than wether.

Do you know there is a strong Hobbs predence at Bromham in Wiltshire also?

William and Ruth Lane had children:-

Louisa Lane christened(c) 19-5-1872
Jane (c) 21-3-1868
William (c) 19-8-1866
Albert Henry (c) 3-5-1874
Robert who is on the 1881 census aged 6 living with William and Ruth at 2, Chapel Lane, Market Lavington.