Nos. 5 and 6 Marsh Street, Warminster, were built late 1600s / early 1700s.
Category: Around And About Warminster
Information and pictures for locations in the parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, featuring streets, buildings, shops, views, etc.
The Old House, 14 West Street, Warminster
The Old House, 14 West Street, Warminster, BA12 8JJ, was probably built in the 1680s.
Emwell, Warminster – Place Name
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:
Emwell Street (6″). Cf. Emewell 1249, 1394 Assize Rolls for Wiltshire (Public Record Office), Emewelle 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls unpublished, Emwell 1344 Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, Calendar of Close Rolls, 1348 Calendar of Patent Rolls, Emwell al. Emble Coppice 1650 Parliamentary Surveys, Public Record Office. The forms are too late and indecisive for any etymology to be suggested.
First Recorded Mention Of The Market Place, Warminster
John Halliday, in his Warminster notes compiled during the 1980s, wrote:
“The first recorded mention of the Market Place [Warminster] was in 1633.”
Brickhill, Warminster, 1615
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. Brick Hill is Brickhill 1615 (Documents in the possession of the Marquess of Bath at Longleat House). Cf. Brickkiln Copse supra 36.
Butler’s Coombe, Warminster, 1393
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. Butler’s Coombe is said to be associated with the family of John Botiller, 1393 (Calendar of Patent Rolls).
Tax List For Smallbrook, 1332
Tax List for Smalebroke (Smallbrook), 1332:
Edward Payn, 3s. 8d.
John Waspayn, 10s. 3d.
John le Bole, 2s.
Total amount: 15s. 11d. Was proven.
Tax List For Boreham, 1332
Tax List for Burytone (Burton) (Boreham), 1332:
Thomas de la Mere, 10s. 4d.
John Bolymer, 3s. 1½d.
John Payn, 2s. 2d.
Walter in the Hile, 2s.
Adam le Palmere, 2s. 2d.
John de Bustone, 2s.
John atte Benche, 2s.
John Burche, 2s.
Total amount: 25s. 9½d. Was proved.