Places Of Worship In Warminster, 1928

From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):

Places Of Worship In Warminster

Church of England. The Minster (St. Denys) has a Norman foundation of which only a curious splayed window in the north transept remains. It is a cathedral in miniature, and seats upwards of 1,200.

St. Lawrence, High Street, dates from the 13th century. Here still, “the curfew tolls the knell of parting day.” St. John’s, Boreham Road. Both of these serve as Chapels of Ease to the Minster.

Christ Church, Sambourne, is a separate ecclesiastical parish.

Roman Catholic Church. St. George, Boreham Road.

Nonconformist Churches. Baptist, North Row; Congregational, The Close; Wesleyan, George Street.

Gospel Hall (Plymouth Brethren) in The Close.

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