Bread Street, Warminster Common,
depicted on a postcard
posted in February 1916.
The photo was taken circa 1905.
Bread Street, Warminster Common, Depicted On A Postcard Posted In 1916
Category: Around And About Warminster
Information and pictures for locations in the parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, featuring streets, buildings, shops, views, etc.
Vicarage Street, Warminster, During The First World War Years
Vicarage Street, Warminster, looking west from its junction with Emwell Street, during the First World War years. A soldier, wearing a trench coat, walks along the pavement outside the Minster School on the left of the photograph. On the opposite side of the street, a horse and wagon is parked across the entrance to the former Mifflin’s Yard.
The Death Of John Withey
John Withey died at 21 Marsh Street, Warminster, on 26th February 1915, after a long and painful illness patiently borne. He was 83.
The Market Place, Warminster, Before The First World War
The Market Place, Warminster,
pictured before the First World War.
The Morgan Memorial Fountain
in the lower left corner of the photo.
Petition Concerning The State Of Chain Lane, Warminster, 1913
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Warminster Urban District Council. Petition concerning the state of Chain Lane, Warminster. 1913. Reference G16/128/2.
Clock Erected At Silver Street, Warminster, In Memory Of John W. Hall
From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 31st May 1913:
Warminster. Memorial Clock.
In connection with the Warminster branch of the Tariff Reform League, a clock has been erected outside the Conservative Club in Silver Street, in memory of the late Mr. John W. Hall, who was for so many years the chief exponent of Fair-Trade principles in the town. It will be unveiled today (Saturday) by the Right Hon. W.H. long, M.P.
A View Towards Weymouth Street, Warminster, Circa 1913
A view north from near
Warminster Town Football Ground
to Weymouth Street and beyond,
as depicted on a postcard posted in 1913.
Arn Hill (left) and Copheap (right) in the distance.
Scouts’ Camp At Boreham Equipped With Wireless
From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 10th August 1912:
Warminster. Scouts’ Camp Equipped With Wireless.
Fifty Boy Scouts of Warminster and Westbury, in charge of Scoutmasters T.F. Fox and G.G. Hoare, are in camp in a field at Boreham. They had a rather damp experience, with heavy rain, for the first three days . . . . . . Their camp is equipped with wireless telegraphy, by which they have been able to communicate with a Scouts’ camp at Freshford.
A View Across Battlesbury Bowl To Battlesbury Hill, Warminster, Circa 1912
A view across Battlesbury Bowl to the lynchets on the north side of Battlesbury Hill, Warminster. Middle Hill, Bishopstrow, in the background. Photograph taken circa 1912.
Skull Discovered On Battlesbury Down, Warminster
Tuesday 23 January 1912
While working today on Battlesbury Down, George Jones, an employee of Mr. Bazley, of Boreham Farm, Warminster, discovered the skull of a human skeleton. The skull was in a very fair state of preservation.