Category: About Warminster: Town Hall

Warminster Town Hall Was Built On The Site Of The George Inn

Danny Howell and Reg Cundick in the book The Inns And Taverns Of Warminster, published in November 1987, stated:

The George Inn, Warminster
Both the Rev. John J. Daniell and John Halliday recorded the George Inn, in Warminster, saying that it dated from the 1700s. Its site was later occupied by the Town Hall (built 1830) on the corner of Weymouth Street and Market Place. The 1801 Survey Of Warminster refers to this plot as “the late George Inn,” so the inn had closed prior to that time. The property became Armstrong’s Bank, which was demolished and replaced by Warminster Town Hall in 1830.

The Town Hall, Warminster, Was Built On The Site Of The George Inn

Reg Cundick and Danny Howell in the book The Inns And Taverns Of Warminster, published in November 1987, stated:

Both the Rev. John J. Daniell and John Halliday recorded the George Inn, in Warminster, saying that it dated from the 1700s. Its site was later occupied by the Town Hall (built 1830) on the corner of Weymouth Street and Market Place. The 1801 Survey Of Warminster refers to this plot as “the late George Inn,” so the inn had closed prior to that time. The property became Armstrong’s Bank, which was demolished and replaced by Warminster Town Hall in 1830.

Warminster Town Hall

In Christ Church, Warminster, The First 150 Years, a booklet published in October 1980, to celebrate the 150th birthday of Christ Church, the Rev. John C. Day (Vicar) writes:

. . . Weymouth Street, with the Town Hall on the corner [of Market Place], alas no longer public property. The building was given to the community by the then Lord Bath. Its foundation stone was laid on the same day as that of Christ Church.

Warminster Petty Sessions 1922

Warminster Petty Sessions, 1922

Petty Sessions are held in the Town Hall on the first Thursday in each month, at 10.30 a.m., and a Special Sessions on every Saturday at the same hour, or on any other day if required.

The Magistrates for the Division are:

The Marquis of Bath (chairman),
The Duke of Somerset,
Mr. G.N. Temple,
Colonel the Hon. W.P. Alexander,
Dr. Alcock,
Lord Heytesbury,
Mr. R. Hibberd,
Mr. W.F. Blaxter,
Captain Fane,
Mr. H.E. Pike,
Mr. R. Stratton,
Mr. R.H. Artindale.
Mr. A.H. Jefferys.

Clerk – Mr. H.A. Wakeman.

Office – 22 Market Place.

South And West Wilts Hunt Dinner

The Warminster & West Wilts Herald, Saturday 13th April 1889:

A dinner in connection with the South and West Wilts Hunt was held at the Town Hall [Warminster], on Wednesday evening. Lord Stalbridge presided, and there were about 100 gentlemen present. The dinner was provided by Mrs. Down of the Bath Arms hotel. The committee decided not to send the usual complimentary tickets to the press, and for that reason we do not give a report of the proceedings.