Category: Around And About Warminster

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

A Mad Dog In The Market Place, Warminster

Saturday 24th April 1819

“This morning, while standing in the Market Place, a mad dog bit two dogs within a yard of my feet, one on each side of me; he passed me twice, and then ran off and bit several more dogs and a horse: he was killed when in the act of leaping at Esquire T.’s coachman, Bishopstrow.”

William Daniell, The History Of Warminster Common, published 1850.

Esquire T. = Squire Temple.

A Plan Of The Workhouse Tyning, Warminster

A plan of the Workhouse Tyning showing plot numbers and names of tenants can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. It is dated 1811. The reference number is PR/Warminster, St. Denys with St. Lawrence/2144/116.

Paved Ways And Remains Of Posts For Railings Found Underground During Construction Of A Barrel-Drain In The Market Place, Warminster, 1809

In Chapter XXXIII, “The Town Of Warminster,’ in his book The History Of Warminster (published 1879), Rev. John J. Daniell, noted:

In making the main barrel-drain through the Market-place in 1809, there were found pitched or paved ways across the street at certain distances apart, from two to three feet under the surface, and the remains of wooden posts, apparently used for railings lengthwise of the street and nearly in the centre.

Meeting House Certificate ~ A Building At West End, Warminster

Entry No.421 in Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates And Registrations 1689-1852, edited by J.H. Chandler, published by Wiltshire Record Society, 1985:

20 Feb 1790 (24 Feb 1790). Warminster. A building formerly occupied by John Whittlock deceased as a blacksmith’s shop, but now in the tenure of James Ludlow situate in the West End of Warminster. [Methodist?: Gunn 62, VCH 8, 127]. William Jervis, James Ludlow, John Spicer, Benjamin Steedman, housekeepers in Warminster. (WRO D1/2/28)

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