Information and pictures for locations in the parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, featuring streets, buildings, shops, views, etc.
The construction of 23 quarters for married soldiers at Oxendean began in 1938 and was completed by 1939.
Fourteen houses for married officers were built at Oxendean in 1966, immediately to the north of those which had been completed in 1939.
Noted by N.D.G. James in his book Plain Soldiering.
Building plans for alterations to Bleek’s Buildings [sic – Bleeck’s Buildings], West Street, were submitted by M. Bradshaw (PA101) to Warminster Urban District Council, in 1938. These plans can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. The reference number is G16/760/447
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Warminster Urban District Council. Building Plans. Bungalow, Dorothy Walk, I. Butcher, Senr. (PA102). 1938. Reference G16/760/448.
A List of Horse Dealers in Warminster in 1938, names just the one:
Leonard Smith, 33 Marsh Road, Warminster.
Market Place, Warminster, in 1938:
Left hand side from East Street ~
Mrs Tanswell, 1a Market Place, Warminster.
London Central Meat Co., 1a Market Place, Warminster.
Gas & Coke Company Office.
J.S. Thomas, 2 Market Place, Warminster.
National Provincial Bank.
L.R. French, 3 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Everett, 4 Market Place, Warminster.
J. Everett, grocer, 4 Market Place, Warminster.
Bowie & Holden, dentists, 5 Market Place, Warminster.
C.A. Ingram, 5 Market Place, Warminster.
W.J. Main, tobacconist and restaurant, 6 Market Place, Warminster.
Misses Chambers, 7 Market Place, Warminster.
J. Taylor, Bellevue, 7b Market Place, Warminster.
Electricity Company Office, 8 Market Place, Warminster.
J.H. Luke, painter, etc., 9 Market Place, Warminster.
G.H. Cowles, chemist, 10 Market Place, Warminster.
Ray’s Restaurant (Mrs Ray), 11 Market Place, Warminster.
Dart & Son, auctioneers.
Old Bell Inn (H.T. Lance).
J.B. Kennard, 14 Market Place, Warminster.
Wilson & Kennard, grocers, 14 Market Place, Warminster.
Coates & Parker, printers and stationers, 15 Market Place, Warminster.
Warminster Journal Office, 15 Market Place, Warminster.
Barclays Bank, 16 Market Place, Warminster.
E.G. Williams, 16 Market Place, Warminster.
Central Fruit Stores.
Wall’s Central Garage.
E.A. Roberts, stationer, 17 Market Place, Warminster.
J.C. Richards, 17 Market Place, Warminster.
Lucas & Foot, outfitters, 18 Market Place, Warminster.
Miss Foot, confectioner, 19 Market Place, Warminster.
R.D. Foot, hairdresser, 19 Market Place, Warminster.
Chinn Bros., butchers, 20 Market Place, Warminster.
S. Wightman, 20 Market Place, Warminster.
Walker’s Stores, 21 Market Place, Warminster.
Wakeman & Son, solicitors, 22 Market Place, Warminster.
Town Hall.
Telephone kiosk.
J. Paddock, draper, 25 Market Place, Warminster.
A. Kendrick & Co., music and radio depot.
Mrs Spire, nurse.
Left hand side from High Street ~
Co-operative Stores.
Cook & Co., chemists, 33 Market Place, Warminster.
J.H. Jackson, 33 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Hill, confectioner, 34 Market Place, Warminster.
W. Perry, boot repairer.
J. Hepworth & Sons, outfitters, 35 Market Place, Warminster.
J.L. Cuff, 35 Market Place, Warminster.
H.G. Cuff, taxi proprietor, 35 Market Place, Warminster.
Miss Gasson, (apartment) 35 Market Place, Warminster.
P.G. Favell (apartment), 35 Market Place, Warminster.
S.J. Miller (apartment), 35 Market Place, Warminster.
Warminster Urban District Council Offices, 36 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Chambers, jeweller, 37 Market Place, Warminster.
Hibberd Bros., drapers, 38 Market Place, Warminster.
A.G. Pearce, 38 Market Place, Warminster.
Midland Bank.
Vicary & Knight, solicitors, 40 Market Place, Warminster.
J. Foreman, 40 Market Place, Warminster.
Frisbys Ltd., boot factors, 40 Market Place, Warminster.
Three Horse Shoes Yard.
Three Horse Shoes, public house (F. Curtiss).
Lloyds Bank.
W.A. Edwards, 42 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Butler, draper, etc., 43 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Hatton, 43 Market Place, Warminster.
Bath Arms Hotel.
Marshman & Son, corn and seed merchants, 48 Market Place, Warminster.
A.H. Dodridge, 48a Market Place, Warminster.
Anchor Hotel (W.H. Norman).
R. James, pork butcher.
International Tea Company, 50 Market Place, Warminster.
H. Stiles, 51 Market Place, Warminster.
Stiles Bros., ironmongers.
Bush & Co., workshops.
G. Thick, jeweller, 52 Market Place, Warminster.
Miss Birtwhistle, hairdresser, 52 Market Place, Warminster.
Mrs Waters, 52 Market Place, Warminster.
A.W. Roberts, optician, 52 Market Place, Warminster.
Westminster Bank.
Private School (Mrs Fraser).
R.C. James, Selwood House.
Mrs James, Selwood House.
W.H. Smith & Sons, stationers.
K.T.S. Music Depot.
R. Siminson, 56 Market Place, Warminster.
Masonic Temple.
Residents of Furlong, Warminster, in 1938:
(numbered from the Imber Road end)
B. Kitley, 1 Furlong, Warminster.
Mrs. Thorne, 2 Furlong, Warminster.
W. G. Curtis, 2A Furlong, Warminster.
A. J. Curtis, 2B Furlong, Warminster.
Frank Titford, 3 Furlong, Warminster.
John Whatley, 4 Furlong, Warminster.
Harry Ball, 5 Furlong, Warminster.
Frank Curtis, 6 Furlong, Warminster.
W. G. Noakes, 7 Furlong, Warminster.
Mrs. Andrews, 8 Furlong, Warminster.
E. Snelgrove, 9 Furlong, Warminster.
Mrs. Baverstock, 14 Furlong, Warminster.
W. Daniell, 15 Furlong, Warminster.
Mrs. J. Bristow, 16 Furlong, Warminster.
Herbert Christopher continued in business on the east side of Deverill Road, Warminster, from circa 1930 onwards, with two shops.
One was a cobbler’s (seen in the photograph above), and the other was a fish and chip shop.
When local people called at Mr. Christopher’s boot and shoe repairing premises, they were fascinated by the way he used to hold a handful of nails in his mouth, removing them one at a time as he mended soles. He would hand-sew soles on to boots.
He never took a holiday and often worked until late at night, only closing on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
A view north along Dorothy Walk,
Warminster, before the Second World War.
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Warminster Urban District Council. Building Plans. Bungalow, Dorothy Walk, H. Lucas. 1936. Reference G16/760/377.
The Warminster Official Guide, issued under the auspices of Warminster Urban District Council, published August 1936, noted:
Arn Hill, which adjoins [Copheap], is one of the chief attractions of the town. The Golf Club owns the summit, and to compensate for this the Marquess of Bath has presented the wooded hillside to the town as a Recreation Ground. The extensive panoramas enjoyed from here across the wooded valleys towards the encircling hills of the Plain and Mendip country are remarkable for their delicate beauty and ever-changing colours. The downland offers treasure trove to the botanist in the form of an unusually large number of native British orchids. Hiding flowers in profusion make the turf aromatic, while larks sing merrily overhead.
