A Mad Dog In The Market Place, Warminster

Saturday 24th April 1819

“This morning, while standing in the Market Place, a mad dog bit two dogs within a yard of my feet, one on each side of me; he passed me twice, and then ran off and bit several more dogs and a horse: he was killed when in the act of leaping at Esquire T.’s coachman, Bishopstrow.”

William Daniell, The History Of Warminster Common, published 1850.

Esquire T. = Squire Temple.

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