The Chantry, 34 High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AF, was built circa 1750 – 1760 and is probably the work of a Longleat Estate surveyor or architect.
Category: Around And About Warminster
Information and pictures for locations in the parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, featuring streets, buildings, shops, views, etc.
Pound Street Improvements, Warminster
The Rev. John J. Daniell, in the book The History Of Warminster, published in 1879, noted:
The same year [1759] the hollow channel in Pound-street was filled up and levelled. In the autumn a new road was cut to the Common, the old, narrow, deep, winding lane being abandoned.
The Green Dragon, Market Place, Warminster, 1754 ~ 1757
Indexed Summary of the Alehouses named in the enrolled recognizances of licensed victuallers, 1747 to 1757. (ref WRO A1/325/8 to 15). BOX 15/9:
Warminster. Green Dragon. Jane Haynes 1754-1757.
The Bath Road, From Thoulstone To Warminster, Was Turnpiked In 1752
The Bath Road, from Thoulstone to the Parish Church of St. Denys, The Minster, Warminster, was turnpiked in 1752.
Houses At Pound Street, Warminster, Mentioned By 1748
Houses at Pound Street, Warminster, are mentioned by 1748.
(Longleat MS. 10252).
Sack Hill, Warminster, 1727
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Warminster. Sack Hill is so named in 1727 (J.J. Daniel, History Of Warminster, 1879).
Elm Hill, Warminster, 1727
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Warminster. Elm Hill is so named in 1727 (J.J. Daniel, History Of Warminster, 1879).
Cradle Hill, Warminster, 1727
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Warminster. Cradle Hill is so named in 1727 (J.J. Daniel, History Of Warminster, 1879).
Meeting House Certificate ~ A New Erected House In Common Close, Warminster
Entry No.228 in Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates And Registrations 1689-1852, edited by J.H. Chandler, published by Wiltshire Record Society, 1985:
6 Jan 1720. Warminster. A new erected house in Common Close. [Independent: Gunn 35]. Peter Lee, William Bayly. (WRO A1/250)
1718 Datestone At 36 Boreham Road, Warminster
1718
36 Boreham Road, Warminster, features a datestone: ‘C.M.M. 1718’.