Category: Around And About Warminster

Information and pictures for locations in the parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, featuring streets, buildings, shops, views, etc.

Warminster – Wesleyan Chapel Dedicated

The Warminster Miscellany, 1 May 1861, reported:

Wesleyan Chapel. – On the 25th ult., the new Wesleyan Chapel, in George Street, was solemnly dedicated to Divine worship, the Rev. C. Prest, of London, preaching on the occasion.

A numerous attendance and good collections evidenced the interest felt in the undertaking.

The services were at three and half past six p.m., and during the interval about 200 of the friends took tea together in the Common Close School Rooms.

This chapel, which adds a very interesting and ornamental feature to the town, has been erected by Mr. Parsons and Mr. Strong from plans designed by Mr. Stent, and is throughout worthy of being regarded as a model.

Thirty-One Deeds Relating To Houses In East Street And Furlong (Imber Road), Warminster, And The Will Of Morgan Brine, Linen-Draper

1861

Thirty-one deeds relating to houses in East Street and Furlong (later Imber Road), Warminster, including copy will of Morgan Brine of Warminster, linen-draper, 1804 (probably proved P.C.C.), dated 1760 – 1861, reference: 1546/1, are held by the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, telephone 01249 705500.

Supposed Infanticide – Lydia Macey Committed For Trial

From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 21st January 1860:

Supposed Infanticide. – The body of a new born infant was found in a well on the down between Battlesbury and Scratchbury, on the 14th inst. An inquest was held on the body before G. Sylvester, Esq., and on the 18th inst. a single woman of Boreham, named Lydia Macey, was fully committed for trial at the Spring Assizes for the offence.

To Let: Warren’s Cottage At Rehobath, Warminster

Advertisement in the Warminster Miscellany, issue dated 1st September 1857:

Warren’s Cottage.
To be let, with early possession – Warren’s Cottage – comprising a House with Parlour, Kitchen, three Bedrooms, and other Offices, Stable, Summer-house, Aviary, Pleasure-Pond, Lawn, Gardens, and Orchard – containing Two-and-a-half Acres and Eight Perches – well adapted for Tea-Gardens or a place of amusement; situate at Rehobath in Warminster. For particulars apply to Mr. G. Bush, Warminster; or to Mr. Goldland, Albion Chambers, Bristol.

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