From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):
Industries
The growth of the town, apart from its famous market, is attributable to two industries, the manufacture of unsurpassed West of England cloth from local wool, and malting. Of the thirty cloth factories none remain, although the industry left good tailors in its train.
The sixty malthouses have dwindled to two with an experimental station managed by a leading expert. Each of the innumerable inns used to brew its own ale, and though the neighbouring towns bought our malt, they could not equal the ale because the Warminster water was so superior.
The lanes in rear of the hotels were rope-walks.
The many mills have one survivor. The large and old-established Warminster Timber Works and Saw Mills are still flourishing, and supply a wide and extensive wholesale and retail trade.
Iron foundries, except at Woodcock, have given place to motor works and the electric power house.
Two glove factories, a silk factory, a wood distilling factory and a chair factory (the latter operated by ex-Service men) are recent introductions.
The Station Road Garage has a large output of wireless sets manufactured there, and in this connection mention should also be made of the Orchestron Radio Manufacturing Co.
The Castle Laundry is a great asset to residents.
Horticulture is well represented by several nurserymen, whose seeds and plants are widely known.
Good building concerns are busiest of all in the rapid development of an increasingly popular residential district.
Poultry farming occupies a prominent position; there is a small army of dairymen, and genuine Wiltshire bacon is always procurable.
There is nothing decadent about the town, which has undergone a renaissance from an industrial to a residential era of progress.