Bleeck’s Buildings was the name for the apartments occupying the former horse-hair furniture factory at the western end of West Street, Warminster.
According to the West Wilts Directory 1923, the householders at Bleeck’s Buildings, were:
M.G. Trollope, Bleeck’s Buildings.
A.G. Pearce, 4 Bleeck’s Buildings.
Mrs E. Hampton, 5 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W. Franklin, 9 Bleeck’s Buildings.
Mrs L. Sims, 12 Bleeck’s Buildings.
1922
Advertisement:
F.W. Lucas,
Engineer and General Machinist.
Established half a century.
Repairs and overhauls to internal combustion engines.
Gas, hot & cold water fitter.
Lawn mowers ground by machinery.
Sewing machines repaired.
West Street, Warminster.
1922
Advertisement:
Chas. Harding,
Coal and Wood Merchant.
Best Household and Steam Coals supplied at Market Prices.
General hauling.
20 West Street, Warminster.
Sunday 31st March 1901
The 1901 Census for Warminster, taken on Sunday 31st March 1901, records the following details for the Boys’ Orphanage, 97 West Street, Warminster:
Number on schedule: 41.
Road, Street, &c., and no. or name of house: The Boy’s Orphanage, [97] West Street, Warminster.
Name: Elizabeth Harris.
Relation to head of family: Matron.
Condition as to marriage: Single.
Male or Female: Female.
Age last birthday: 66.
Profession or occupation: Matron of Institution.
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Warminster, Wiltshire.
Name: Reginald Harris.
Relation to head of family: Nephew.
Condition as to marriage: Single.
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 19.
Profession or occupation: Schoolmaster.
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: Worker.
Place where born: Yeovil, Somerset.
Name: Herbert Snelgrove.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: Single.
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 16.
Profession or occupation: Tailor’s Apprentice.
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: Worker.
Place where born: Warminster, Wiltshire.
Name: Henry Hartnell.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 12.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Exeter, Devon.
Name: William Endicott.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 12.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Torquay, Devon.
Name: William Hawkins.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 10.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Wylye, Wiltshire.
Name: Alexander Pirie.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 11.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Scotland.
Name: Sidney Dunn.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 11.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Torquay, Devon.
Name: Harry Batchelor.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 9.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Warminster, Wiltshire.
Name: Ernest Mills.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 7.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: West Fordington, Dorset.
Name: Harold Poolman.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 6.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Chitterne, Wiltshire.
Name: Arthur Hawkins.
Relation to head of family: Inmate.
Condition as to marriage: –
Male or Female: Male.
Age last birthday: 4.
Profession or occupation: –
Employer, Worker or On Own Account: –
Place where born: Wylye, Wiltshire.
The Orphanage Of Pity For Boys,
West Street, Warminster, circa 1900.
Occupation Voters (other than Lodgers)
Division One –
at West Street, Warminster, 1894-1895
(Persons entitled to vote as Parliamentary Voters,
County Electors and Parochial Electors)
Name of Voter: Edward Ryall.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Eden Dale.
Name of Voter: John Taylor.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 6 West Street.
Name of Voter: Henry Wise.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 15 West Street.
Name of Voter: Edward Slade.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 16 West Street.
Name of Voter: Henry Northover.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 17 West Street.
Name of Voter: James Turner.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 18 West Street.
Name of Voter: William Mead.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 19 West Street.
Name of Voter: Henry Batchelor.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 21 West Street.
Name of Voter: James Gilbert.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 24 West Street.
Name of Voter: Arthur Fluke.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 29 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Prangley.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 29a West Street.
Name of Voter: Nathaniel Horsell.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 30 West Street.
Name of Voter: Charles Peter Lucas.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 35 West Street.
Name of Voter: Obed Curtis.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 36 West Street.
Name of Voter: Frank Benham.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 37 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Whatley.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 42 West Street.
Name of Voter: Jeremiah Trapp.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 43 West Street.
Name of Voter: William Baker, senior.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 44 West Street.
Name of Voter: John Brimson.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 50 West Street.
Name of Voter: William Titt.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 53 West Street.
Name of Voter: James Warren.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 55 West Street.
Name of Voter: Joseph Roberts.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 56 West Street.
Name of Voter: Henry William Kemp.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 62 West Street.
Name of Voter: Alfred Rowe.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 64 West Street.
Name of Voter: Charles Whatley.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 65 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Earl.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 66 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Burton.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 67 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Brown.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 68 West Street.
Name of Voter: James Ransome.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 69 West Street.
Name of Voter: Charles Sims.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 71 West Street.
Name of Voter: Samuel Turner.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 73 West Street.
Name of Voter: Joseph Gunning.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 73 West Street.
Name of Voter: Edmond Taylor.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 74 West Street.
Name of Voter: Charles Gilbert.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 75 West Street.
Name of Voter: William Moody.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 76 West Street.
Name of Voter: William Foreman.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 77 West Street.
Name of Voter: Francis Edwards.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 80 West Street.
Name of Voter: George Payne.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 83 West Street.
Name of Voter: John Sims.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 84 West Street.
Name of Voter: Thomas Burgess.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 89 West Street.
Name of Voter: Frederick Bartholomew.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 96 West Street.
Advert in The Warminster Miscellany, 2 September 1861:
Miss Fox begs to announce to her Friends that she has recommenced her Instruction of her Pupils in Music, and that she is desirous of adding to their number, her time at present not being fully occupied. West Street, Warminster.
A bundle of deeds and associated papers relating to two cottages in West Street [Vicarage Street], Warminster, to be sold to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. They are dated 1794 – 1852. The reference number is PR/Warminster, St. Denys with St. Lawrence/2144/77.
Entry No.1728 in Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates And Registrations 1689-1852, edited by J.H. Chandler, published by Wiltshire Record Society, 1985:
27 March 1849. Warminster. A house in West Street now in the occupation of William Bowring. [Mormon: WF 3(1), 34-35]. John Halliday of Trowbridge. (WRO D1/9/2/1)
A list of the sick at West Street relieved by the Warminster Ladies Benevolent Society in the year ending July 1844:
Eliza Adam (dead), 1s. 0d.
James Adlam (dead), 1s. 0d.
Joseph Adlam, 1s. 0d.
Elizabeth Carr, 4s. 0d.
Richard Collis, 8s. 0d.
John Gale, 1s. 0d.
Richard Garrett, 2s. 0d.
Widow Garrett, 3s. 0d.
William Garrett, 1s. 0d.
James Haines’ child, 1s. 0d.
Keziah Haines, 1s. 0d.
Charles Hiskett, 1s. 0d.
Hy. Hiskett, 1s. 0d.
Sarah Hiskett, 1s. 0d.
Sarah Holton, 2s. 0d.
John Howell (dead), 2s. 0d.
Sarah James (dead), 1s. 0d.
Mary Langley, 1s. 0d.
John Moody, 2s. 0d.
Joshua Moody, 1s. 0d.
Martha Moody, 2s. 0d.
Charlotte Moore, 2s. 0d.
Elizabeth Moore, 1s. 0d.
Mary Moore, 3s. 6d.
Sophia Morgan, 2s. 0d.
John Munday, 5s. 0d.
John Price, 2s. 0d.
Mary Rendall, 1s. 0d.
Mary Rose, 1s. 0d.
Elizabeth Sanger, 1s. 0d.
Widow Selway (dead), 1s. 0d.
John Skinner, 0s. 6d.
Thomas Stevens, 1s. 0d.
Thomas Tabor, 1s. 0d.
Sally Teague, 3s. 0d.
Jane Wedlock, 1s. 0d.
