Entry No.1468 in Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates And Registrations 1689-1852, edited by J.H. Chandler, published by Wiltshire Record Society, 1985:
17 Oct 1836 (20 Oct 1836). Warminster. A room and premises at Portway now in the holding and occupation of Mr William Long of Warminster. John Flower of Longbridge Deverill, Samuel West. (WRO D1/9/2/1)
The Warminster entries in Pigot’s Directory 1830 include:
Ann Tavender, lime-burner, Portway.
Portway [Warminster] is so named, on the 6th Plan (map) which accompanies the 1783 Enclosure Award For Warminster And Corsley.
The chapter on Warminster in A History Of The County Of Wiltshire, Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury And Whorwellsdown Hundreds, originally published by Victoria County History, 1965, mentions that:
In 1783 cottages, some evidently built on waste at the side of the road, extended sporadically along Portway as far as the bottom of Elm Hill.
