Autumn 1993
Danny Howell writes:
The Museum’s role in handling local history enquiries continues unabated. Here are just a few of the topics we’ve had to deal with since September (you will see that we not only answer enquiries from Warminster residents but also from far and wide):
The Willis family of Warminster in the 17th century (for a descendant of the family who now lives in California).
The role of the military in Warminster and its effect on the population during the last 50 years (for a student at St. Augustine’s R.C. School, Trowbridge).
The Colderick family, gentlemen’s outfitters, of Warminster (for a gentleman in Yelverton, Devon).
Photographs of Boyton Farm in the Wylye Valley (for a gentleman in Southampton).
Henry Thomas Garner who died in Warminster in 1951 (for a descendant now living at Victoria, Australia).
The history of Warminster Gardening Club (for the Chairman of the Gardening Club).
The Brodribb family of Warminster during the 1820s and 1830s (for a researcher based at Sunbury On Thames, Middlesex).
Weights and measures in the Dewey Museum collection (for an historical study being made by the Trading Standards Officer).
Harry Slater who lived at Codford and Chitterne, 1922 – 1954 (for his grandson now living at Wilmorton, Derby).