Category: About Warminster: Cromwell Gardens / Ludlow’s Court

Cromwell Gardens , Warminster

Friday 15th February 2013

Cromwell Gardens, Warminster,
  is accessed through an archway
on the south side of East Street.

The sign above the archway.

View through the archway.

The cottages at Cromwell Gardens.

Ridgeway Court in the background. 

These photographs were taken by
Danny Howell
on Friday 15th February 2013.

Court Yards Developed In The Late 17th Century On What Had Been Gardens Of Houses In Warminster

In the Warminster chapter of The Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Volume VIII, published 1965, it is noted:

“In the older area of the town [Warminster] courts began to develop on what had been the gardens of houses. Meeting House Lane, now North Row, probably dates from the establishment of the Old Meeting House there in the late 17th century. Other surviving courts are Three Horseshoes Yard, off the Market Place, and Oxford Terrace and Cromwell Gardens (formerly Ludlow’s Court), off East Street.”

Surviving Courts In Warminster

In the Warminster chapter of The Victoria County History of Wiltshire, Volume VIII, published 1965, it is noted:

“In the older area of the town [Warminster] courts began to develop on what had been the gardens of houses. Meeting House Lane, now North Row, probably dates from the establishment of the Old Meeting House there in the late 17th century. Other surviving courts are Three Horseshoes Yard, off the Market Place, and Oxford Terrace and Cromwell Gardens (formerly Ludlow’s Court), off East Street.”

Some People Might Remember When The Name Of Ludlow’s Yard Was Changed To Cromwell Gardens, Warminster

Local historian Harold Nelson Dewey, J.P., (born 1888, died 1971), who served on Warminster Urban District Council for 49 years (from 1919 to 1968) and was its Chairman on three occasions, as well as being the Headmaster of the Avenue School from 1931 (when the school was built) until 1953 (when he retired), in an address given to the Warminster Chamber Of Trade in December 1949, said that some people might remember when the name of Ludlow’s Yard was changed to Cromwell Gardens. He went on to say that Cromwell, as far as he knew, had no connection with the neighbourhood, but Ludlow, a name of very great note in English history, had a definite connection with the town. He added that the name was still commemorated at Bradley Road, being the name of a farm there: Ludlow’s Farm.