Extract from The Changing Face Of Warminster by Wilfred Middlebrook, published in 1971:
Coming back to the Minster Church from Coldharbour, one is impressed by the generous widening of the road across from the church. In recent years the road has been cut well back to improve visibility as the motorist enters the town by Church Street. Turning left around the churchyard, passing the entrance to Ash Walk, we find Dorothy Walk leading the way through Church Fields to the Westbury Road, Nun’s Path and Arn Hill.
Some years ago, this pleasant path, lined only by a few modern bungalows facing the churchyard, was given the fanciful name of Dorothean Walk. Until recent years, the path went in a direct line to Arn Hill, though you were lucky if you got through Church Fields without wet feet in rainy weather. When the railway cutting was made, back in 1851, the railway company acknowledged the rights of pedestrians by building a footbridge over the lines.