1933
The Reverend William Henry Wilkinson, clerk, of Abbotsford, Boreham Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, died 10th August 1933. Administration (with will) at London, 16th September 1933, to Lily Wilkinson, widow. Effects £7,461 15s. 10d.
Category: About Warminster: Boreham Road
Accident At Boreham Road, Warminster
Saturday 12th September 1931
Accident At Boreham Road, Warminster
A serious accident occurred on the Boreham Road, Warminster, on the morning of Saturday 12th September 1931. Brothers Bert and Garf Legg were using a horse-drawn float to deliver milk to the customers of their father Percy Legg, of Home Farm, Boreham. A touring car travelling in the direction of Salisbury, while passing the float, skidded, colliding with the float, and the impact turned the float over. The crash also resulted in a roadside lamp-post being broken off.
Bert and Garf were considerably shaken. Garf Legg was taken to Warminster Cottage Hospital and was treated for a broken arm. Bert, was described as being plucky enough to continue with delivering milk. Unfortunately, the horse was so badly injured that it had to be destroyed on the spot.
The cause of the car skidding was deemed to have been on account of the road surface being extremely greasy. This was doubly emphasised by the fact that another car which had been following the touring car, also skidded on the greasy surface when the driver attempted to pull up when he saw the touring car colliding with the milk float. This second car struck one of the pavement trees and the car’s windscreen was smashed.
Building Plans For The Teichman Memorial Hall, Boreham Road, Warminster ~ 1930
Building plans for a Memorial Hall at Boreham Road were submitted by Major Teichman to Warminster Urban District Council, in 1930. These plans can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. The reference number is G16/760/257
Boreham Road, Warminster, Is Very Pleasant
From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):
Continuing to the Boreham Road, the best residential district is entered close to the town. It is a very pleasant road with well-built houses set amid trees and gardens.
Tom Andrews Was Gardener To Lady Pelly At Boreham Road, Warminster
Kelly’s Directory 1923 lists Tom Andrews, gardener to Dowager Lady Pelly, 59 Boreham Road, Warminster.
H. Scott & Son, Warminster, 1922
1922
Advertisement:
H. Scott & Son,
Nurserymen, Seedsmen, & Florists.
Artistic Wreaths, Crosses & Other Floral Designs.
Vegetable & Flower Seeds
for exhibition & general use.
Fruit trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs.
Vegetable plants in season.
Boreham Road Nurseries and 46 Market Place, Warminster.
Phone 72.
Residents At Boreham Road, Warminster, Autumn 1920
Residents at Boreham Road, Warminster, during the autumn 1920:
South side, from Boreham to East Street ~
1 Boreham Road. Oaklands.
Agnes Amelia Bradfield. Elsie Bradfield.
2 Boreham Road. St. Andrews.
Alice Amelia Philips Stratton. Charles Harris Stratton. John Maurice Stratton.
3 Boreham Road. Scotsdale.
Edward Stiles Jefferys.
4 Boreham Road. Allandale.
Amy Chambers.
5 Boreham Road. Treverbyn.
Frances Mary Rule.
6 Boreham Road. Holly Lodge.
John Edward Lyons. Lucy Lyons.
7 Boreham Road. Prestbury House.
Henry Lancelot Dixon.
1 Boreham Villas.
William Ralph Marshall.
2 Boreham Villas.
William Sparey. Ann Sparey.
3 Boreham Villas.
Hugh Alexander Wakeman.
4 Boreham Villas.
Elizabeth F. Morgan.
5 Boreham Villas.
Francis John Newman Glass. Winifred Glass.
8 Boreham Road. Teify House.
Margaret Louisa Pigot. Elizabeth Newbold.
9 Boreham Road. Tresco.
Henry James Wheeler. Arnold Falter Wheeler.
10 Boreham Road. The Beeches.
George Thomas Chinn. Janie Allner Chinn. William Constable Fitzclair Grice.
11 Boreham Road. The Foundry.
John William Holton. Albert Case James. Anna Sophia James.
12 Boreham Road.
Henry Saywell. Sarah Jane Saywell.
13 Boreham Road.
Henry Ireland. Charles Ireland.
14 Boreham Road.
Russell Ernest Oakley. Ada Louisa Oakley.
1 Boreham Terrace.
Alfred Herbert Coates. Caroline Pomona Coates.
2 Boreham Terrace.
Alec John B. Titt. Elsie Beatrice Titt.
3 Boreham Terrace.
Alfred Reeve. Emily Elizabeth Reeve.
4 Boreham Terrace.
John Taylor Lidbury.
5 Boreham Terrace.
Eva Mary Hall. Percy Hall.
20 Boreham Road. Torwood.
William James Tisseman. Mary Tisseman.
21 Boreham Road.
Sidney Sanderson. Emily Matia Sanderson.
22 Boreham Road.
Ernest George Love. Elizabeth Ann Love.
23 Boreham Road.
Charles James Grant. Amelia Ellen Grant.
25 Boreham Road.
John Ball. Maud Mary Ball.
25a Boreham Road.
Charles Hugh Corden.
26 Boreham Road.
Percy James Fry. Jennie Fry.
26a Boreham Road.
Alfred George Cuff. Emily Cuff.
27 Boreham Road. Victoria Cottage.
Martha Hayter.
28 Boreham Road.
Joseph Montague. Ellen Montague.
29 Boreham Road. Smallbrook House.
George Edward Vicary. Blanche Nugent Vicary.
North side, from East Street to Boreham ~
30 Boreham Road.
Frederick Charles Turner. Ida Mary Turner.
31 Boreham Road. Glencoe.
Gertrude Marshall.
32 Boreham Road. Morley Cottage.
Clarence Giles Hancock.
33 Boreham Road. Stoneleigh.
George Albert Deighton.
34 Boreham Road. Belmont.
No resident listed.
35 Boreham Road. Sunnyside.
Robert Bendall Butcher. Eliza Jane Butcher.
35a Boreham Road. Abbotsford.
Henry Scott. Martha Scott.
36a Boreham Road. The Nurseries.
Walter Henry Scott. Amy Louisa Scott.
36 Boreham Road.
James Button.
37a Boreham Road.
Frank Morgan. Bertha Morgan.
37 Boreham Road.
Albert James Dale. Carlotta Dale.
38 Boreham Road.
Henry Simeon Rawlings. Ada Rawlings.
39 Boreham Road.
Elizabeth Mills.
42 Boreham Road. Derwent.
George Strode Manley. Charlotte Emma Manley. Victor Strode Manley.
43 Boreham Road.
Annie Markham.
44 Boreham Road.
Walter Thomas Cock. Sarah Ann Cock.
45 Boreham Road.
Ellen Toogood.
46a Boreham Road.
Frederick Luke Shore. Alice Maude Shore.
1 Chancery Lane.
Frederick Curtis. Susan Curtis.
2 Chancery Lane.
Henry Rudman. Clara Rudman.
48a Boreham Road.
Henry Joseph Poolman. Kate Caroline Poolman.
1 St. John’s Terrace.
Walter Longhorn Edwards. Florence May Edwards.
2 St. John’s Terrace.
William Tudor Jones.
3 St. John’s Terrace.
John James Butler. Harriet Butler.
4 St. John’s Terrace.
Eliza Helen Ford. William John Ford.
54 Boreham Road.
Henry Paul Curtis. Fanny Curtis. Edwin John Hoddinott.
55 Boreham Road.
Frank Chapman. Emma Chapman. George Critchell.
56 Boreham Road.
Rhoda Wheeler.
58 Boreham Road.
Alfred George Sheppard. Alice Mary Sheppard. Bertram George Sheppard.
59 Boreham Road.
Thomas Andrews. Kathleen Andrews. Arthur Henry Kimber.
60 Boreham Road.
Eva Frances Adkins. Walter Ambrose Pocock. Florence Pocock.
61 Boreham Road.
Edith Rendall.
62 Boreham Road.
Ellen Lucy Davis.
63 Boreham Road.
Norman Ernest Pitts. Margaret Pitts.
64 Boreham Road. Roseville.
Sarah Anne Sturges.
65 Boreham Road. Domus.
David Waddington. Ellen Mary Waddington. David Hatten Waddington. Cyril Waddington.
66 Boreham Road. St. John’s Lodge.
Lady Blanche Elizabeth Pelly.
67 Boreham Road.
Arthur Brindley Case James. Edith Amelia James.
69 Boreham Road. Rock Villa.
Fanny Agnes Bazley.
For Sale By Auction, Plot Of Land At The Back Of The Pleasaunce And Scottsdale, Boreham Road, Warminster, March 1920
Information gleaned from an advertisement in the Warminster Journal, Friday 12th March 1920:
Warminster.
All that most desirable Plot or Parcel Land, situate at the back of the “Pleasaunce,” and “Scottsdale.” Boreham Road, containing 2a. 0r. 35p., or thereabouts, with right of way from Boreham Road over the road belonging to Mr. E.S. Beaven.
Part of this land is let to Mr. H.Scott, as a nursery, at the annual rental of £5 13s. 0d. the remainder is in hand, and consist of tennis lawn (two courts) and extensive well shaded Shrubbery . . . .
. . . . . will be sold by auction by D. & D.H. Waddington at the “Three Horseshoes” Inn, Warminster, on Friday evening, March 26th, 1920, at 6.30 p.m. Further particulars of the Auctioneers, 8 Market Place, Warminster, or The Solicitors, Messrs. Wakeman & Son, Warminster.
A View West Along Boreham Road, Warminster, Circa 1916
A view west along Boreham Road, Warminster, as depicted on a postcard posted in 1916. The Beeches on the left. The walls and railings of the Non-Conformist Cemetery are on the right.
Melville Cottage, Boreham, Warminster, Was A Boarding House At The Time Of The 1911 Census
At the time of the 1911 Census (2nd April) Melville Cottage, 34 Boreham (later renumbered as 146 Boreham Road, Warminster, BA12 9HB) was in use as a boarding house run by Frances Ella Freeman.
The 1911 Census records that Frances Ella Freeman was the head of the household, was aged 53, a widow, and her occupation was a lodging house keeper in business on her own account. Her place of birth was Bishopstrow, Wiltshire.
Also at Melville Cottage, recorded in the 1911 Census, was Jessie Agnes Priddle, aged 23, single (not married), born at Bromley, Kent. She is a domestic assistant.
Three lodgers are recorded. They are:
Olive Mary Nation, aged 31, single, a teacher in a private school, born Bristol, Somerset.
William Henry Soffe, aged 22, single, clerk traveller, born Maldon, Essex.
Alice Louisa Spinney, aged 55, widow, living on private means, born Warminster, Wiltshire.