Victor Strode Manley, in Volume 6 his Regional Survey of the Warminster District, compiled in the 1920s and 1930s, included the following note:
“CORSLEY CHEESE. Reverend J. Stuart (now Canon Stuart), [of Christ Church, Warminster] about 1930, said he was entitled to one by an old custom but he had never seen it!â€
1922
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1922
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1922
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From the Warminster & West Wilts Herald, Saturday 20th April 1889:
The price of sugar. A meeting of local grocers was held at the Anchor Hotel, on Wednesday evening, when it was unanimously decided to raise the price of sugar a half-penny a pound.
From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 30 October 1869:
Warminster. A Good Potato Crop
During the planting season, Mr. Timothy Moore, of Sambourne, planted 5 lbs. of the ‘Schoolmaster’ potatoes, and on digging the same a few days ago, found that the said 5 lbs. had produced four bushels of good sized potatoes. We should say that the seed planted was very small.
From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 30 October 1869:
Upton Scudamore. Monster Spud
Last week a man named Richard Parker, of Upton Scudamore, dug a potato from his garden which weighed 2lbs. 13 ozs.
An old Wiltshire Christmas Pie recipe dated 1770 contained the following ingredients:
20 pounds of butter, 2 bushels of flour, 2 neats’ tongues, 2 turkeys, 4 geese, 4 wild ducks, 2 snipes, 2 woodcocks, 4 partridges, 2 curlews, 7 blackbirds, and 6 pigeons.
That’s quite a pie when you think about gathering some of the ingredients – no less than 33 birds!
Thursday 3oth May 1737
There were food riots in 1737 when people protested against the export of grain. In May 1737, a load of wheat being drayed from Salisbury to Southampton, was halted by aggrieved persons, the wagon was smashed and the corn was left scattered over the road.
John Aubrey, in his Natural History Of Wiltshire, written between 1656 and 1691, noted:
“At Pertwood and about Lidyard as good butter is made as any in England, but the cheese is not so good.â€
