In Chapter XXXIII, ‘The Town Of Warminster,’ in his book The History Of Warminster (published 1879), Rev. John J. Daniell, noted:
The exhuberant loyalty of the people of Warminster was demonstrated [for Queen Victoria] on the day of her Majesty’s Coronation, 28 June, 1838, thus – £176 were subscribed, and meat and beer were distributed to the poor at their dwellings at a cost of £80; a Procession (all wearing white favours) of a Trumpeter on Horseback, a Champion, the Bailiff and High Constable, Bands, General Committee, Dinner Stewards, Inhabitants three abreast, White Hart, Crown, and Anchor Clubs, (N.B. – The Boot, Ubsdell’s, and Cock Inn Clubs would not join in procession) and School Children, walked from the Church through Church-street, West-street, Pound-lane, Pound-street, through the Town to the Flag Staff on the Boreham-road, back to the Market-place, where the Children filed off to their respective tables for a dinner of Roast Beef and Plum Pudding; popular amusements were provided in Beastleaze; two splendid Montgolfier Fire Balloons ascended from the Market-place, followed by Fireworks, and a Bonfire in the New-road.