Category: Community (Warminster)

Topics about organisations and activities in Warminster.

Licensing In Wiltshire

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 18th June 1910:

Licensing In Wiltshire.
What is designated as the Principal Meeting of the Wilts Compensation Authority was held at the County Offices, Trowbridge, on Thursday, to take into consideration licences which had been referred to them by the Licensing Justices, of which there were three.

[The three licences referred to were the White Horse, Wilton; The Royal Oak, Southwick; and The Star Inn [Vicarage Street], Warminster. In each case the committee was of the opinion the licence should not be renewed.]

General Baden-Powell Visits Boy Scouts In Wiltshire

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 12th March 1910:

Boy Scouts. General Baden-Powell Visits Wiltshire.
The Chief Scout, Lieut.-General Sir R.S. Baden Powell, the hero of Mafeking, attended a rally of the Mid-Wilts Boy Scouts at the Corn Exchange, Devizes, on Wednesday. Scouts had gathered from all parts of the county – including Seend, Warminster, Codford, Trowbridge, Bradford, Corsham, Chippenham, and Longleat. A bugle call by Scout Moore, of Trowbridge, was the signal for the troops to form up for inspection, after which came a series of demonstrations, including First Aid by the Trowbridge Scouts and hut-building by those from Seend.

The Churchyard And The North Side Of The Parish Church Of St. Denys, The Minster, Warminster, Circa 1910

The view across the churchyard
at the rear (north side) of the
Parish Church of St. Denys, The Minster,
Warminster, circa 1910.

Political Rancour At Warminster

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 12th February 1910:

Warminster. Political Rancour.
The cause of Conservatism will hardly be advanced by the despicable action of a few people at Warminster. Disappointed at the result of the West Wilts Election, they are now trying to vent their spite on traders known to hold Liberal views, by withdrawing custom from them . . . . . People are, of course, free to deal where and with whom they please, but such conduct is hardly playing the game between man and man, and nobody in a reasonable frame of mind would be guilty of it.

Correspondence With Warminster Urban District Council Concerning The Terms Under Which The Council Supplied Water To The Parish Of Bishopstrow, 1907-1909

The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):

Correspondence with Warminster Urban District Council concerning the terms under which the Council supplied water to the parish of Bishopstrow. Includes a caustic memorandum by the incumbent, the Rev. G.H.S. Atwood, in the iniquities of the arrangements. 1907-1909. Reference PR/Bishopstrow: St. Aldhelm/1705/8.

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