From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):
Accommodation
Being on the trunk road connecting Southampton (45 miles), Portsmouth (55 miles), with Bristol (30 miles), motor traffic is very heavy, so that garages and petrol stations occur frequently everywhere on the route. Acting as half-way house between these three great dockyard cities, the busy hotels, proud of their old exteriors, have been re-constructed to make them modern, roomy and comfortable internally.
The three chief residential fully licensed Hotels are situated in the Market Place:-
The Bath Arms is the principal hotel, the service is excellent, and it is recommended by the A. A. and R. A. C.
The Old Bell Hotel comes next as a family and commercial hotel, then opposite, The Anchor, as a general resort.
There are several other licensed houses, with a number of Cafes and Restaurants, where visitors are well catered for.
Emwell Private Hotel is in Church Street, near the “Obelisk,†where motorists and family parties will find excellent accommodation – catering and residential.
Apartment Houses
Mrs. Cole, “Stoneleigh,†Boreham Road.
Mrs. Cornelius, “Melrose,†High Street.
Mrs. Snelgrove, 4 High Street.
Mrs. Barnes, “Alma Cottage,†Church Street.
Mrs. Holton, “Bazentin,†Sambourne Road.
Mr. L. Howell, “The Magnet,†1 Silver Street.
Mr. G. Talbott, 11 Market Place.
Visitors are recommended to advertise their requirements in either of the two local newspapers, “The Warminster Journal†or “Wiltshire Times,†when they will doubtless be offered alternative selections of accommodation.