Category: About Warminster: George Street

W.H. Payne’s Bakery, Confectionery, Grocery, Pork Butchery And Bacon Curing Premises At George Street, Warminster, In June 1911

Photograph taken in June 1911 showing
William H. Payne’s 
bakery, confectionery, grocery,
pork butchery and bacon curing premises at
9, 10 and 11 George Street, Warminster.

(No.11 was later demolished to give greater
access to the rear of the property).

Signs include: “Hovis Bread, as supplied to
the King, promotes digestion” “Cadbury’s Cocoa”
“Fry’s Cocoa” and “Cadbury’s Chocolate”.
“Pork Sausages Fresh Daily” “Pickled Pork” and
“During Summer Months all meats
stored in Ice Chambers”. 

The Payne family lived on the two floors
above the shop. Their steam bakery was in a
building in the yard at the rear.

The family also had another shop at
Chapel Street, Warminster Common.

Flags are flying above the shop windows,
celebrating the Coronation of King George V
(Thursday 22nd June 1911).

Boot And Shoe Dealer’s Daybook, Possibly Hubert Dodge Of 6 George Street, Warminster, 1897-1908

The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document:

Boot and shoe dealer’s daybook. Possibly Hubert Dodge of 6 George Street, Warminster. 1897-1908. Reference 2102/1.

Occupation Voters (Division One) At George Street, Warminster, 1894 ~ 1895

Occupation Voters (other than Lodgers)
Division One –
at George Street, Warminster, 1894-1895
(Persons entitled to vote as Parliamentary Voters,
County Electors and Parochial Electors)

Name of Voter: Henry Sims.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 1 George Street.

Name of Voter: Henry Collins.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Local Board Yard.

Name of Voter: Thomas Maidment.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 6a George Street.

Name of Voter: Mark Wyatt.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 8 George Street.

Name of Voter: Hubert Dodge.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 10 George Street.

Name of Voter: Charles Young.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 13 George Street.

Name of Voter: William H. Green.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 15 George Street.

Name of Voter: Albert Foreman.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: White Hart.

Name of Voter: Edwin Wood.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 19 George Street.

Name of Voter: Charles S. Stubbs.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 20 George Street.

Name of Voter: George Eacott.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 23 George Street.

Name of Voter: Frederick Prince.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 27 George Street.

Name of Voter: William Henry Bull.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 28 George Street.

Name of Voter: Thomas Jones Rushton.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 32 George Street.

Name of Voter: Eli Harris.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 33 George Street.

The Road Surface At George Street, Warminster, In 1890

From the Warminster Herald newspaper, Saturday 8 February 1890:

A poem – 

THE ASPHALT IN GEORGE STREET OR BY-GONE DAYS

George Street, in days gone by, could claim
Importance, worthy of its name;
With decent shops, some houses new,
Its broad clean road and pavement blue.

What is there now the eye to strike?
Why road and footpath both alike;
Some asphalt may be good enough –
In George Street ’tis the worst of stuff.

The dwellers there are much aggrieved
At the black mire they have received,
For clean their doorsteps how they may,
It dirts them every rainy day.

The question comes, what can be done
To cure the work so ill begun?
That thing called MONEY must be had,
Or still the asphalt will be bad.

We want some kind and wealthy donor
To give, say fifty pounds or more,
That all expenses might be met
To make it perfect and complete.

Who knows, but these few words of mine
May soon some generous heart incline
To remedy this state of things,
And stay the ills its nuisance brings? 

Written by “E. F.”

Warminster – Wesleyan Chapel Dedicated

The Warminster Miscellany, 1 May 1861, reported:

Wesleyan Chapel. – On the 25th ult., the new Wesleyan Chapel, in George Street, was solemnly dedicated to Divine worship, the Rev. C. Prest, of London, preaching on the occasion.

A numerous attendance and good collections evidenced the interest felt in the undertaking.

The services were at three and half past six p.m., and during the interval about 200 of the friends took tea together in the Common Close School Rooms.

This chapel, which adds a very interesting and ornamental feature to the town, has been erected by Mr. Parsons and Mr. Strong from plans designed by Mr. Stent, and is throughout worthy of being regarded as a model.