Category: Community (Warminster)

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J.W. Titt Emphasises The Advantages Of The Steam Roller

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 18th June 1887:

Warminster. The Advantages Of The Steam Roller.
At the Local Board meeting Mr. J.W. Titt said few of them were acquainted with the advantages of steam rollers in laying down stones. They were in use in large towns and were saving the ratepayers 25 per cent. He understood the Marquis of Bath was to engage one to lay a road at Longleat and he thought the Board should hire it while it was in the district, at a cost of £2 a day. [After some discussion, the matter was adjourned for a month.]

1886 Benefactions Distributed At Warminster

BENEFACTIONS DISTRIBUTED
AT WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE,
BEFORE THE ANNUAL SERMON
AT THE PARISH CHURCH
On the 23rd December 1886.

Rev. Sir J.E. Philipps, Vicar.

Mr. Thomas Cruse, } Churchwardens.

Mr. George Chambers.

Mr. Richard Prangley,

Mr. Edward Lewis,
} Overseers.
Mr. John M. Rogers,

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The Gift of the late George Wansey, Esq.

£1,250 Stock, Reduced 3 per Cents. £37 10s. 0d.

To Poor Aged Widows – One Pound each.

Eliza Adlam, West Street.
Sarah Brown, West Street.
Maria Bullions, Emwell Street.
Ann Cane, Emwell Street.
Ann Connocton, Pound Street.
Ann Dicks, Vicarage Street.
Elizabeth Dredge, Portway.
Sarah Dutch, Oxford Terrace.
Ann Foreman, Marsh Street.
Priscilla Foyle, Portway.
Maria Fry, Marsh Street.
Mary Harraway, Vicarage Street.
Sarah Harris, Portway.
Harriet Hayter, Bread Street.
Ann Holton, Emwell Street.
Mary Holton, Silver Street.
Sarah Holton, West Street.
Jane Jones, Vicarage Street.
Mary King, Portway.
Elizabeth Martin, Portway.
Agnes Matthews, Furlong.
Rachel Melsome, Marsh Street.
Elizabeth Minor, Butt’s Yard.
Mary Morgan, West Street.
Mary Owen, Brook Street.
Sarah Payne, Pound Street.
Jane Pinnell, Silver Street.
Elizabeth Ransome, Topp’s Lane.
Virtue Ransome, West Street.
Amelia Read, Deverill Road.
Mary Ann Scott, Workhouse.
Betsy Smith, Institution.
Maria Smith, West Street.
Sarah Steadman, Pound Street.
Eliza Tucker, Emwell Street.
Maria Whatley, Pound Street.
Caroline Yeates, Pound Street.
Mary Ann Ransome, 10s. Boreham.

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The Gift of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend.

£326 0s. 8d. Stock, 3 per Cents. £9 15s. 6d.

To Poor Old Men – Eight Coats. To Poor Old Women – Six Cloaks.

George Bigwood, Bread Street.
Thomas Curtis, King Street.
Moses Humphries, Marsh.
John Ingram, Boreham.
John Pearce, Bread Street.
John Price, Brook Street.
John Sly, West Street.
George Young, Marsh Street.
Sarah Adlam, King Street.
Eliza Bowns, King Street.
Mary Ann Bowns, Bread Street.
Sarah Curtis, Pound Street.
Ann Price, King Street.
Philippa Spicer, Brook Street.

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The Gift of the late Ralph Hotchkin, Esq.

£166 13s. 4d. Stock, 3 per Cents. £5 0s. 0d.

To Widows and Poor Persons with large families. – Ten Shillings each.

Elizabeth Ann Cole, North Row.
Jane Coleman, Deverill Road.
Mary Ann Curtis, West Street.
Joseph King’s widow, East Street.
James Ransome, West Street.
Eliza Rutty, Emwell Street.
Mercy Snow, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Maria Whatley (wife of John), Pound Street.
Fanny Withers, Oxford Terrace.
Sarah Young, Church Street.

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The Gift of the late Miss Jane Bennett.

£109 5s. 5d. Stock, 3 per Cents. £3 5s. 8d.

To Six Poor Widows of this Parish. – Ten Shillings each.

Elizabeth Long, Vicarage Street.
Rebecca Long, Pound Street.
Mary Pearce, Bread Street.
Jane Ridout, Brook Street.
Ann Vallis, Portway.
Sarah Watkins, Church Street.
Ann Brown, 5s. 8d. Oxford Terrace.

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The Gift of John Seagram Haliday, Esq.

£109 17s. 6d. Stock, New 3 per Cent. Annuities. £3 5s. 10d.

To Poor Persons. – Ten Shillings each.

Miriam Adlam, Emwell Street.
Elizabeth Andrews, Marsh.
George Butcher, sen., Pound Row.
James Butcher, Pound Street.
Daniel Cundick, Portway.
John Orchard, Portway.
Louisa Cowdry, 5s. 10d. Bleeck’s Buildings.

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The Gift of the late William King, Esq., Silk Merchant.

Rent of Land near Brickhill, Warminster. £3 0s. 0d.

To Deserving Poor not receiving any other Alms. – Ten Shillings each.

John Francis, West Street.
James Giles, Pound Street.
Mary Ann Holloway, Chapel Street.
Ann Norris, Bugley.
Thomas Sampson, Bugley.
Thomas Tucker, Bread Street.

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The Gift of the late Miss Wyche.

£106 6s. 2d. Stock, 3 per Cents. £3 3s. 8d.

To Six Poor Widows. – Ten Shillings each.

Elizabeth Arnold, Portway.
Mary Foyle, Portway.
Anna Langley, West Street.
Elizabeth Oram, Bradley Road.
Sarah White, Church Street.
Emma Young, Imber Road.
Charlotte Humphries, 3s. 6d., Woodcock.

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The Gift of the late Stephen Pilchard, Esq.

Rent-Charge upon the Organ Inn and adjoining Premises. £7 4s. 0d.

To the Minister, for a sermon in the Parish Church, Ten Shillings. – To Twenty Old and Needy Persons born in the Parish, 6s. 8d. each.

Elizabeth Curtis, Marsh Street.
John Garrett, Bugley.
Maria Gay, West Street.
Albert Gibbs, West Street.
Martha Jones, Brook Street.
Henry Kellow, Sambourne.
George King, North Row.
James King, Boreham.
Richard Langley, South Street.
Thomas Palmer, East Street.
John Parker, East Street.
George Payne, West Street.
John Payne, Vicarage Street.
Elizabeth Reynolds, King Street.
Henry Robins, Brook Street.
Charles Ruddock, Emwell Street.
William Sims, (92) Boreham Road.
Elizabeth Sparey, Brook Street.
William Warren, Pound Street.
John Whatley, Boreham Road.

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The Gift of the late Miss Aldridge.

£100 Stock, 3 per Cents. £3 7s. 4d.

To Poor Parishioners. – Six Shillings each.

Elizabeth Brown, King Lane.
Eliza Crofts, South Alley.
Boaz Curtis, Pound Street.
Rachel Hiscutt, Boreham.
Jane Long, Pound Street.
Maria Macey, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Sarah Morgan, Boreham Road.
Henry Northover, West Street.
Ann O’Flaherty, Pound Street.
Caroline Payne (widow), Marsh Street.
William Wilson, Bugley.

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The Gift of the late Mrs. Lawes.

£96 6s. 5d. Stock, 3 per Cents. £2 17s. 8d.

To Deserving Poor Persons, who do not receive Parochial Relief.

– Five Shillings each.

Ann Brown, King Lane.
Mary Brown, King Street.
Benjamin Curley, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Harry Debnam, West Street.
Thomas Extence, Woodcock.
John James, Church Street.
Esau Payne, Brook Street.
Ellen Rose, Marsh Street.
Jane Rose, Boreham.
Thomas Rose, Pound Street.
Frederick Sheppard, Ash Walk.
William Eacott, 2s. 8d., Chapel Street.

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The Gift of the late John Langley, Esq.

£1,400 Stock, 3 per Cents. £42 0s. 0d.

To Poor Parishioners not receiving constant Alms

– Five Shillings each.

George Abbott, Carson’s Yard.
Emma Adlam, Pound Street.
Henry Adlam, King Street.
James Adlam, Church Street.
Sarah Ailes, Vicarage Street.
Charles Alexander, Boreham.
John Arnold, Pound Street.
Sarah Baker, Sambourne Road.
William Baker, Pinnell’s Yard.
William Barnett, West Street.
Alfred Barrett, Smith’s Yard.
Betsy Bedford, Fore Street.
William Blake, Boreham.
Emma Brown, Pound Street.
Sarah Burge, West Street.
Jane Bush, Church Street.
Albert Butcher, Coldharbour.
Edwin Cane, Portway.
Frederick Cane, Portway.
Melchisedec Carr, Church Street.
Sarah Carter, Marsh Street.
William Chiverell, Silver Street.
George Clifford, Chapel Street.
Mary Coles, Silver Street.
James Coward, West Street.
Ann Cross, Bugley.
John Cundick, Marsh Street.
Robert Cundick, King Street.
Alfred Curtis, South Street.
Harriet Curtis, Bread Street.
Herbert Curtis, King Street.
Martha Curtis, Hillwood Lane.
Mary Curtis, Chapel Street.
William Curtis, Bread Street.
William Curtis, Brook Street.
Mary Davis, Brook Street.
William Davis, Furlong.
George Day, Ash Walk.
Mary Day, East Street.
Ann Doughty, Boreham.
Sidney Doughty, Bread Street.
John Dyer, Sambourne Road.
Maria Eacott, Ash Walk.
John Elkins, Vicarage Street.
Sarah Ellis, Boreham.
Albert Elloway, The Close.
Ann Elloway, King Street.
William Elloway, Chapel Street.
Daniel Farley, Boreham Road.
Ann Flooks, Brook Street.
James Ford, East Street.
Martha Foreman, Brook Street.
Mary Foreman, Bread Street.
William Foreman, High Street.
John Franklin, Pound Street.
William Franklin, Pound Street.
Henry Fry, Smith’s Yard.
Emma Gale, Vicarage Street.
Eliza Garrett, Bugley.
Jane Garrett, Vicarage Street.
John Garrett, Belk’s Garden.
Rebecca Jane Garrett, Portway.
William Giles, King Street.
Mary Goldsworthy, Emwell Street.
Charles Grant, North Row.
Frank Grist, South Street.
Joseph Grist, Cannimore.
James Gunning, West Street.
Richard Haines, Emwell Street.
William Haines, Brook Street.
William Hart, Portway.
Thomas Herridge, Boreham Road.
Mary Ann Hill, Imber Road.
George Hitchings, Portway.
Charlotte Hobbs, Emwell Street.
Charles Holton, West Street.
Nathaniel Holton, Bugley.
Nathaniel Horsell, West Street.
Mary House, St. Lawrence’s Cottage.
James Hughes, Smith’s Yard.
Rose Ingram, Pound Street.
Ambrose Jones, King Street.
Emma Jones, Emwell Street.
Eliza Joyce, Ash Walk.
Mary Ann King, Pound Row.
Henry Knee, Pound Street.
Mary Ann Lane, Smallbrook.
George Lansdown, Chapel Street.
Charles Lawrence, Boreham.
Edmund Lidbury, Hillwood.
John Mabey, Bugley.
Samuel Macey, Portway.
Harriet Moody, Pound Street.
Joseph Moody, West Street.
William Moore, Brook Street.
Ellen Nix, Emwell Street.
Thomas Parker, Marsh Street.
Thomas Payne, Coldharbour.
Thomas Payne, Marsh.
George Pearce, Parsonage Farm.
John Pearce, Fore Street.
Oliver Giles Pearce, Vicarage Street.
Sarah Phelps, Marsh Street.
Thomas Phelps, Fore Street.
John Phillips, Church Street.
Sarah Pinnell, The Close.
Sarah Ann Pinnell, Fore Street.
Jane Player, Deverill Road.
Alfred Ponton, Bread Street.
Sarah Poolman, Boreham Road.
William Poolman, West Street.
Sidney Price, Fore Street.
Ann Poulden, Boreham.
John Pressley, Brook Street.
Jane Price, South Street.
Seth Price, Brook Street.
Frederick Prince, Marsh Street.
James Prince, Pound Street.
Fanny Read, Carson’s Yard.
William Reynolds, South Alley.
David Robins, West Street.
Sarah Ann Rose, Parsonage Farm.
Maria Sanger, Pound Street.
Sophia Saywell, Sambourne.
Hubert Scammell, West Street.
James Scammell, Pound Street.
Matthew Scane, West Street.
Elizabeth Ann Scott, Vicarage Street.
Joseph Scott, Fore Street.
William Scott, Marsh Street.
William Sly, Brook Street.
James Smetham, Horse Shoes Yard.
John Snelgrove, junior, Marsh.
Jane Sparey, Imber Road.
William Sparey, Chapel Street.
Uriah Steadman, West Street.
Andrew Tabor, North Row.
James Tanswell, Sambourne.
James Taylor, senior, Boreham.
James Taylor, junior, Boreham.
William Titt, West Street.
Rhoda Turner, Brook Street.
William Vincent, Marsh Street.
Virtue Watts, Silver Street.
George Whatley, Ludlow’s Yard.
George Whatley, Pickford’s Lane.
William Wheeler, Horse Shoes Yard.
Fanny Williams, West Street.
Charles Wire, Bread Street.
Sidney Wyatt, Bugley.
Elizabeth Yates, Oxford Terrace.
Edward Young, Bread Street.
Jane Young, Pickford’s Lane.
Mary Ann Young, West Street.
William Young, Deverill Road.

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The Gift of the late Henry Smith, Esq.

Part of the Rent of a Freehold Estate at Stoughton, near Leicester.

£20 0s. 0d.

To Poor Persons resident in the Parish.

Drapery Goods – Four Shillings each.

Henry Adlam, Bugley.
Jeremiah Adlam, Bread Street.
Samuel Adlam, East Street.
James Barnes, Pound Street.
William Beaven, Chapel Street.
William Bedford, Pound Street.
Henry Biggs, Furlong.
Elizabeth Brown, Topp’s Lane.
William Brown, King Lane.
Andrew Burbidge, Portway.
Samuel Burgess, Marsh Street.
John Butt, Boreham.
Jacob Carpenter, Chapel Street.
James Carpenter, Carson’s Yard.
Peter Carpenter, South Street.
George Carter, King Street.
James Charlton, Furlong.
Isaac Cook, Brook Street.
Charles Curtis, King Street.
Eli Curtis, Brook Street.
Edward Curtis, Smith’s Yard.
George Curtis, West Street.
Henry Curtis, Brook Street.
John Curtis, West Street.
Edward Daniell, Coldharbour.
William Debnam, Woodcock.
Rowland Elloway, Chapel Street.
Charles Exten, West Street.
Joseph Fear, Chapel Street.
George Ferris, Marsh Street.
George Fielding, Pound Street.
Henry Fielding, Fore Street.
George Ford, Emwell Street.
Frank Francis, West Street.
John Francis, Pound Street.
Henry Garrett, Portway.
John Gibbs, Portway.
Henry Gilbert, West Street.
Elizabeth Griffith, Portway.
James Grist, South Street.
Edward Haines’ wife, Smith’s Yard.
Harriet Hardwick, West Street.
Charles Hill, Fore Street.
William Hill, Fore Street.
Joseph Hilliar, Chapel Street.
Henry Holton, West Street.
John Holton, Oxford Terrace.
Thomas Holton, Pound Street.
Alfred Hudd, King Street.
George Hudd, Brook Street.
James Humphries, Brook Street.
Agnes Jefferies, Smallbrook.
Elizabeth Hicks, Pound Street.
George King, Pound Street.
William Kimber, Woodcock.
Albert Knee, Chapel Street.
Ann Love, Pound Street.
George Love, Woodcock.
Mark Maidment, George Street.
Walter Papps, Imber Road.
Henry Payne, King Street.
Joseph Pearce, East Street.
William Pinnell, Chapel Street.
Fanny Poulden, Pound Street.
Alfred Pressley, Chapel Street.
Mary Ann Price, Fore Street.
William Price, Parsonage Farm.
Albert Prince, Pound Street.
Harry Prince, Bread Street.
John Randall, Bread Street.
Henry Reynolds, Pound Street.
Elizabeth Robins, Chapel Street.
Richard Rutt, Sambourne Road.
Sarah Ryall, Sambourne Road.
Henry Sawyer, Boreham.
Harry Sargood, South Street.
Eliza Scane, Boreham.
Cornelius Shepherd, Pound Street.
John Simms, Bugley.
John Snelgrove, senior, Marsh.
Charles Stevens, Brook Street.
Charles Taylor, 82 Pound Street.
Henry Titford, Deverill Road.
Jeremiah Trapp, Bleeck’s Buildings.
George Trivett, Bugley.
Emily Trollope, Boreham.
James Tuffin, 26 Mill Lane.
Rajah Vallis, King Lane.
Frank Warren, King Street.
George Warren, Pound Street.
James Warren, East Street.
Annie Whatley, Pound Street.
Charles Whatley, Furlong.
Morgan Whatley, Deverill Road.
Susan Wheeler, Boreham.
Eliza Whitmarsh, Coldharbour.
Rhoda Witchell, Boreham.
Frank Yates, Bugley.
George Yeodell, West Street.

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The Gift of the late William Slade, Esq.

A Rent-Charge upon Freehold Premises adjoining the Market Place and North Row, now in the possession of Mr. Peter Samuel Cusse’s Executors.

£2 10s 0d.

To Twenty Poor Housekeepers not receiving Parochial Relief.

– Two Shillings and Sixpence each.

Harriet Ashley, Chapel Street.
Richard Carr, Bread Street.
John Doel, East Street.
Francis Edwards, West Street.
Emma Fear, Fore Street.
Alfred Giles, Chapel Street.
Andrew Grist, South Alley.
Henry Hayward, North Row.
Eliza King, Boreham.
Susan Marsh, South Alley.
John Mundy, Ash Walk.
Charles Parker, Church Street.
George Payne, North Row.
Luke Snook, Parsonage Farm.
Ann Snow, Bread Street.
Charles Taylor, Pound Street.
Henry Trapp, Vicarage Street.
Thomas Turner, Church Street.
George White, Pound Row.
Christopher Young, Portway.

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The Gift of the late John Wadman, Esq.

A Rent-Charge upon Flintford Farm, in the Parish of Frome Selwood, Somerset, now in the possession of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart.

£2 10s. 0d.

To Old and Poor Persons. – Two Shillings and Sixpence each.

John Brimson, West Street.
Philip Clifford, Vicarage Street.
William Cockrell, Portway.
William Curtis, Pound Street.
Robert Davis, Bread Street.
Cornelius Fear, Fore Street.
Mary Ann Foreman, West Street.
Jacob Futcher, Boreham Road.
Louisa Giles, Ash Walk.
Henry Hughes, Deverill Road.
Mary Humphries, South Street.
Jane Knee, Pound Street.
John Knee, Pound Street.
John Martin, Pound Street.
Sophia Nokes, Coldharbour.
Eliza Ransom, Pound Street.
Walter Scane, East Street.
Rachel Timmins, Coldharbour.
FrederickTitt, Vicarage Street.
Mary Ann Whitmarsh, Boreham.

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Thomas Cruse, Vestry Clerk.

Warminster, January 1887.

N.B. A New Charity of £1000 has lately been bequeathed to the Vicar and Churchwardens of this Parish, by the late Mr. Francis Henry Langley, of Fareham, deceased, the interest of which will become available immediately before Christmas next, and will be divided equally between 15 old men and 15 old women above the age of 50 years, to be selected from the necessitous poor resident in the parish.

Benefactions Distributed At Warminster Before And After The Annual Sermon At The Parish Church, 23rd And 26th December 1885

Rev. Sir J.E. Philipps, Bart., Vicar.

Mr. Thomas Cruse. Mr. George Chambers. Churchwardens.

Mr. George Trollope. Mr. James Bartlett. Mr. George Cornish. Mr. Richard Prangley. Overseers.

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The Gift of the late George Wansey, Esq., £1,250 Stock, Reduced 3 per cents. £37 10s. 0d.

To poor aged widows – One Pound each.

Eliza Adlam, West Street.
Mary Ann Ailes, Vicarage Street.

Ann Bristow, East Street.
Sarah Brown, West Street.

Ann Connocton, Pound Street.
Mary Curtis (Geo.’s widow), Pound Street.

Elizabeth Dredge, Portway.

Charlotte Edbrook, Church Street.

Ann Foreman, Marsh Street.
Maria Fry, Marsh Street.

Mary Harraway, Vicarage Street.
Sarah Harris, Portway.
Harriet Hayter, Bread Street.
Ann Holton, Back Street.
Sarah Holton, West Street.

Jane Jones, Vicarage Street.

Mary King, Portway.

Elizabeth Martin, Portway.
Agnes Matthews, Furlong.
Rachel Melsome, Back Street.
Elizabeth Minor, Butts’ Yard.
Mary Morgan, West Street.

Mary Owen, Pound Street.

Sarah Payne, Pound Street.
Jane Pinnell, Silver Street.
Betty Pressley, South Street.

Virtue Ransom, West Street.
Amelia Read, Deverill Road.

Mary Ann Scott, Pound Street.
Betsy Smith, Institution.
Maria Smith, West Street.
Sarah Steadman, Pound Street.

Mary Ann Teague, Fore Street.
Eliza Tucker, Back Street.

Elizabeth Warren, West Street.
Thos. Whatley’s widow, Pound Street.

Caroline Yeates, Pound Street.

Ann Cane, 10 shillings.

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The Gift of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend, £326 0s. 8d. Stock, 3 per cents. £9 15s. 6d.

To poor old men – eight coats.

Joseph Adlam, King Street.
Richard Carr, Bread Street.
William Debnam, Bread Street.
Henry Fowles, Woodcock.
John Garrett, senior, Bugley.
Thomas Giles, Bell Hill.
Nathaniel Holton, Bugley.
Henry Ransom, Smallbrook Mill Lane.

To poor old women – six cloaks.

Dinah Cundick, Marsh Street.
Jane Fear, Fore Street.
Elizabeth Oram, Bradley Road.
Jane Pearce, South Alley.
Emma Stephens, Brook Street.
Ann Tanswell, Sambourne.

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The Gift of the late Ralph Hotchkin, Esq., £166 13s. 4d. Stock, 3 per cents. £5 0s. 0d.

To widows and poor persons with large families – ten shillings each.

William Bush, Church Street.
Mary Foreman, Bread Street.
Ann Flooks, West Street.
Elizabeth Kick, Pound Street.
Joseph King’s widow, East Street.

Maria King, Pound Street.
Hannah Langley, West Street.
Elizabeth Robins, 24 Chapel Street.
Eliza Rutty, Back Street.
Mary Ann Young, West Street.

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The Gift of the late Miss Jane Bennett, £109 5s. 5d. Stock, 3 per cents, £3 5s. 8d.

To six poor widows of this parish – ten shillings each.

Sarah Baker, Sambourne Road.
Maria Bullions, Back Street.
(Widow) Dicks, Vicarage Street.

(Widow) Holloway, Chapel Street.
Martha Jones, Brook Street.
Jane Long, Pound Street.

Mary Ann King, Pound Row. 5s. 8d.

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The Gift of John Seagram Halliday, Esq., £100 17s. 6d. Stock, new 3 per cent, annunities, £3 5s. 10d.

To poor persons – ten shillings each.

George Butcher, senior, Pound Row.
James Butcher, Church Street.
Daniel Cundick, Portway.

Hannah Eacott, Brook Street.
Sarah Fox (widow), Woodcock.
John Nokes’ widow, Furlong.

Widow Sargood, Pound Row, 5s. 10d.

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The Gift of the late William King, Esq., Silk Merchant, Rent of Land near Brickhill, Warminster, £3 10s. 0d.

To deserving persons not receiving any other alms – ten shillings each.

Miriam Adlam. Back Street.
William Chiverell, Silver Street.
John Francis, West Street.
Richard Haines, Back Street.
Samuel Macey, Portway.
John Orchard, Portway.
Ann Vallis, Portway.

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The Gift of the late Miss Wyche, £106 6s. 2d., Stock, 3 per cents, £3 3s. 8d.

To six poor widows – ten shillings each.

Sarah Dutch, Oxford Terrace.
Ann Exten, West Street.
Elizabeth Griffith, Portway.

Maria Player, Pound Street.
Ann Poulden, Boreham.
Jane Sparey, Imber Road.

John Pearce, Bread Street, 3s. 8d.

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The Gift of the late Stephen Pilchard, Esq., Rent Charge upon the Organ Inn and adjoining premises, £7 4s. 0d.

To the Minister, for a sermon in the Parish Church – ten shillings.

To twenty old and needy persons born in the Parish, 6s. 8d. each, given in the Church, after the sermon.

Emma Brown, Pound Street.
Edward Carr, Hillwood.
Sarah Curtis, Pound Street.
William Debnam, Woodcock.

Charles Elloway, 27 Fore Street.
Emma Gale, Vicarage Street.
James Holloway, Pound Street.
Henry Kellow, Sambourne.

George King, North Row.
Richard Langley, South Street.
Thomas Palmer, East Street.
Maria Pearce, Back Street.

Mary Ann Ransom, Boreham.
Thomas Rose, Pound Street.
Elizabeth Ann Scott, Vicarage Street.
Jane Tabor, Back Street.

William Titt, West Street.
Thomas Tucker, Bread Street.
John Whatley, Boreham Road.
Christopher Young, Portway.

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The Gift of the late Miss Aldridge, £10o stock, 3 per cents, £3 7s. 4d.

To poor parishioners – six shillings each.

Rose Ingram, Pound Street.
Sarah Morgan, Boreham Road.
Caroline Payne (widow), Marsh Street.
James Pearce, Pound Street.
James Rose, Marsh Street.

Maria Sanger, Pound Street.
Philippa Spicer, Brook Street.
Uriah Steadman, West Street.
Rhoda Turner, 21 Brook Street.
Maria Whatley, Pound Street.

Sarah White, Church Street, 7s. 4d.

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The Gift of the late Mrs. Lawes, £96 6s. 5d. Stock, 3 per cents, £2 17s. 8d.

To deserving poor persons who do not receive parochial relief – five shillings each.

Edward Cane, Portway.
Sarah Carter, Marsh Street.
Elizabeth Cole, Portway.
William Curtis, Brook Street.

Cornelius Dewey, Vicarage Street.
Henry Garrett, Portway.
Henry Hayter, North Row.

Mary House, St. Lawrence Cottage.
Joseph Marsh, King Street.
Daniel Moody, Pound Street.
Henry Robins, Brook Street.

George Whatley, Pickford’s Lane, 2s. 8d.

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The Gift of John Langley, Esq., £1,400, Stock, 3 per cents, £42 0s. 6d.

To poor parishioners not receiving constant alms – five shillings each.

James Adlam, Church Street.
Samuel Adlam, East Street.
William Adlam, 52 Pound Street.
Charles Alexander, Boreham.

Elizabeth Arnold, Portway.
Richard Barnes, Bugley.
Alfred Barrett, Smith’s Yard.
George Bigwood, Marsh Street.

William Blake, Boreham.
Eliza Bowns, 8 King Street.
Elizabeth Brown, 14 King Street.
George Brown, West Street.

Mary Brown, King Street.
Maria Burrows, Vicarage Street.
Albert Butcher, Coldharbour.
Frederick Cane, Portway.

Melchisedee Carr, Church Street.
George Carter, King Street.
Philip Clifford, Vicarage Street.
William Cockrell, Portway.

Elizabeth Ann Cole, North Row.
Jane Coleman, Bell Hill.
(Widow) Coles, Silver Street.
James Coward, Woodcock.

Louisa Cowdry, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Joseph Crofts, South Street.
Mary Ann Cundick, South Street.
Alfred Curtis, South Street.

Boaz Curtis, West Street.
Herbert Curtis, King Street.
Mary Ann Curtis (widow), West Street.
Obed Curtis, Pound Street.

William Curtis, Pound Street.
Maria Davis, Brook Street.
William Davis, Furlong.
George Day, Ash Walk.

Maria Eacott, Ash Walk.
Francis Edwards, West Street.
Sarah Ellis (widow), Boreham.
Albert Elloway, The Close.

Rowland Elloway, Chapel Street.
William Elloway, senior, King Street.
Daniel Farley, Boreham Road.
George Ferris, Marsh Street.

James Ford, Ludlow’s Yard.
Mary Ford, Furlong.
William Foreman, West Street.
John Franklin, Pound Street.

Priscilla Foyle, Portway.
Rebecca Jane Garrett, Portway.
Maria Gay, West Street.
Albert Gibbs, West Street.

John Gibbs, Portway.
Charles Gilbert, West Street.
Henry Gilbert, West Street.
William Gilbert, King Lane.

Louisa Giles, Ash Walk.
William Giles, King Lane.
Sarah Jane Grace, 27 Brook Street.
Frank Grist, Pound Street.

James Grist, Pound Street.
James Gunning, 73 West Street.
William Harding, South Street.
Harriet Hardwick, West Street.

William Hart, Portway.
George Hayter, Pound Street.
Mary Ann Hayter, Furlong.
Mary Ann Hill, Smith’s Yard.

Fanny Hinton, North Row.
George Hitchings, Portway.
George Hobbs, Ship Yard.
Ann Holton, 64 West Street.

Charles Holton, Butts Yard.
(Widow) Holton, Silver Street.
James Hughes, Smith’s Yard.
Charlotte Humphries, Woodcock.

James Humphries, Brook Street.
John Ingram, Boreham.
John James, Church Street.
Ambrose Jones, King Street.

Eliza King, Boreham.
James Langley, West Street.
Charles Lawrence, Boreham.
Edmund Ledbury, Hillwood Lane.

Eliza Long, Vicarage Street.
Joshua Moody, West Street.
Robert Moody, Furlong.
Ellen Nix, Back Street.

Henry Northover, West Street.
Ann O’Flaherty, Pound Street.
Harriet Ovens, West Street.
Walter Papps, Imber Road.

Anna Maria Payne, West Street.
George Payne, North Row.
John Payne, Vicarage Street.
George Pearce, Parsonage Cottages.

John Pearce, Fore Street.
Joseph Pearce, East Street.
Mary Pearce, Bread Street.
Oliver Giles Pearce, Vicarage Street.

George Phelps, Marsh Street.
John Phillips, Church Street.
James Pinnell, Brook Street.
Albert Player, Vicarage Street.

John Price, Brook Street.
James Prince, Pound Street.
John Randall, Fore Street.
Thomas Randall, Brook Street.

Elizabeth Ransom (widow), Pound Street.
Jane Read, Bugley.
Henry Reynolds, Pound Street.
Joseph Reynolds, Carson’s Yard.

John Rixon, Horse Shoes Yard.
David Robins, West Street.
Henry Rose, Parsonage Cottages.
Charles Ruddock, Back Street.

Richard Rutt, Sambourne Road.
Henry Sawyer, Boreham.
James Scane, Pound Street.
Sidney Scane, Boreham.

Walter Scane, East Street.
Samuel Scott, Marsh Street.
Frederick Sheppard, Ash Walk.
Thomas Silcox, Bleeck’s Buildings.

Benjamin Simms, Imber Road.
William Simms, Boreham Road.
William Sly, Brook Street.
James Smetham, Horse Shoes Yard.

John Smith, West Street.
John Snelgrove, senior, Marsh.
John Snelgrove, junior, Marsh.
William Snelgrove, Smith’s Yard.

Luke Snook, Parsonage Cottages.
Mercy Snow, West Street.
William Sparey, Chapel Street.
William Stephens, Carson’s Yard.

Andrew Tabor, North Row.
Charles Taylor, Pound Street.
James Taylor, Boreham.
Joseph Timmins, Coldharbour.

Jeremiah Trapp, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Ann Trapp (widow), Fore Street.
Maria Tucker, West Street.
James Warren, Boreham Road.

William Warren, Pound Street.
Sarah Watkins, Church Street.
Charles Whatley, Furlong.
George Whatley, Ludlow’s Yard.

William Whatley, South Street.
William Whatley, Carson’s Yard.
Edmund Whitmarsh’s wife, Coldharbour.
William Wilson, Bugley.

Rhoda Witchell, Boreham.
Matilda Wyatt, Bugley.
Edward Young, Bread Street.
Emma Young, Imber Road.

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The Gift of the late Henry Smyth, Esq., Part of the Rent of a Freehold Estate at Stoughton, near Leicester, £27 6s. 0d.

To poor persons resident in the parish – drapery goods – four shillings each.

Charlotte Adlam, Pound Street.
Elizabeth Andrews, Marsh.
Frederick Annett, Sambourne.
John Arnold, Pound Street.
John Ayres, Imber Road.

William Barnett, West Street.
James Barnes, West Street.
Ellen Bassett, 3 Back Street.
William Bedford, Pound Street.
Henry Biggs, Furlong.

Harriet Bishop, Sambourne Road.
Hannah Brimble, Pound Street.
John Brimson, West Street.
Edward Bristow, East Street.
Elizabeth Brown, Back Street.

Francis Brown, West Street.
Sarah Burge, West Street.
Julia Burton, West Street.
Peter Carpenter, South Street.
John Carter, Pound Street.

James Charlton, Furlong.
George Clifford, Brook Street.
Thomas Cooper, West Street.
Robert Cundick, 21 King Street.
Benjamin Curley, 7 West Street.

Charles Curtis, King Street.
John Curtis, West Street.
Louisa Curtis, Pound Street.
Robert Curtis, Brook Street.
Sidney Curtis, Smallbrook Lane.

William Curtis, Bread Street.
Edward Daniell, Coldharbour.
Robert Davis, Bread Street.
Mary Day (widow), East Street.
Harry Debnam, Pound Street.

Anne Doughty, Boreham.
Charles Dyer, Pound Street.
Henry Elloway, junior, Fore Street.
William Elloway, Chapel Street.
Thomas Extence, Woodcock.

George Ford, Back Street.
Mark Foreman, Chapel Street.
Mary Foyle, Portway.
John F rancis, Pound Street.
Henry Fry, Smith’s Yard.

Eliza Garrett, Bugley.
George Garrett, Vicarage Street.
John Garrett, Belk’s Garden.
Joseph Garrett, Bugley.
James Gilbert, Bleeck’s Buildings.

Zenas Green, East Street.
Joseph Grist, Cannimore.
Edward Haines, Pickford’s Lane.
Charles Hill, 16 Fore Street.
John Hilliar, Chapel Street.

Charles Hiscutt, Mill Lane.
Arthur Holton, Furlong.
Nathaniel Horsall, West Street.
Alfred Hudd, King Street.
Ellen Hughes, Pound Street.

William Hughes, Fore Street.
Job Ireland, Woodcock.
Agnes Jefferies, Boreham.
William Kimber, Woodcock.
George King, 42 Pound Street.

Thomas King, Fore Street.
Henry Knee, Pound Street.
John Knee, Pound Street.
Arthur Macey, Mason’s Arms Yard.
Henry Macey, Pound Street.

Maria Macey, Bleeck’s Buildings.
Mark Maidment, George Street.
John Martin, Pound Street.
Susan Marsh, South Alley.
Elizabeth Moody, Fore Street.

John Munday, Vicarage Street.
John Norris, Marsh Street.
John Parker, Ludlow’s Yard.
Esau Payne, Brook Street.
Levi Payne, Brook Street.

Thomas Payne, Coldharbour.
Thomas Payne, Marsh.
Frederick Penny, Boreham.
Thomas Phelps, Fore Street.
William Pinnell, Chapel Street.

George Player, 31 Pound Street.
James Player, Mill Lane.
Sarah Potter, Boreham Road.
Edward Pressley, King Street.
Edward Price, Fore Street.

Frederick Price, King Street.
Seth Price, King Street.
Sidney Prince, Marsh Street.
James Ransom, Pound Street.
Annie Reed, Carson’s Yard.

Louisa Reynolds, King Street.
William Reynolds, South Alley.
Jane Ridout, Brook Street.
Elizabeth Robins, Oxford Terrace.
Sophia Saywell, Sambourne.

Mathew Scane, West Street.
George Simms, Bugley.
George Sly, King Lane.
Thomas Sly, Ship Yard.
Eliza Sparey, Brook Street.

Edward Taylor, Pound Street.
James Taylor, junior, Boreham.
Joseph Taylor, Pound Street.
George Trivett, Bugley.
Emily Trollope, Boreham.

John Trollope, Boreham.
John Tuffin, Mill Lane.
Thomas Turner, Fore Street.
John Vincent, Marsh.
James Viney, Furlong.

Harriet Webb, West Street.
John Weeks, Mason’s Arms Yard.
James Whatley, West Street.
Thomas Whatley, Pound Street.
Susan Wheeler, Boreham.

Edwin Wood, Oxford Terrace.
Charles Wyer, Bread Street.
Frank Yeates, Bugley.
Henry Young, Pickford’s Lane.
Sarah Young, Church Street.

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The Gift of the late William Slade, Esq., a rent charge upon freehold premises adjoining the Market Place and North Row, now in the possession of Mr. Peter Samuel Cusse’s executors. £2 10s. 0d.

To twenty poor housekeepers not receiving parochial relief – two shillings and sixpence each.

George Abott, Carson’s Yard.
Mary Ann Brown, 1 Chapel Street.
Robert Carpenter, Bread Street.
George Curtis, West Street.

Frank Francis, West Street.
Henry Franklin, Pound Street.
Edward Garrett, Boreham.
Andrew Grist, King Street.

Thomas Kimber, Woodcock.
William Parker, West Street.
Harriet Price, 44 Brook Street.
Charles Ransom, Pound Street.

Eliza Shephard, Fore Street.
Henry Trapp, Vicarage Street.
Thomas Turner, Church Street.
Frank Warren, King Street.

George Warren, Pound Street.
George White, Pound Street.
Fanny Williams, West Street.
Sarah Yeodle, Chapel Street.

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The Gift of the late John Wadman, Esq., a rent charge upon Flintford Farm, in the parish of Frome Selwood, Somerset, now in possession of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart. £2 10s. 0d.

To old and poor persons – two shillings and sixpence each.

Mary Blake, Boreham.
Ann Brown, Oxford Terrace.
Samuel Burgess, Marsh Street.
Jacob Carpenter, Chapel Street.

Charles Cundick, Pound Street.
John Curtis, Chapel Street.
George Fear, Fore Street.
Martha Foreman, Brook Street.

William Franklin, Pound Street.
Rachel Hiscutt, Boreham.
John Holton, Oxford Terrace.
Arundel King, Boreham.

Henry Payne, King Street.
Thomas Ponton, Pound Street.
Caroline Scammell, Brook Street.
Sarah Sparey, Smallbrook.

Elizabeth Taylor, Pound Street.
Mary Ann Webb, South Street.
John White, Pound Street.
Fanny Withers, Oxford Terrace.

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The printed list of the above benefactions is dated:
Warminster, January 1886.
Thomas Cruse, Vestry Clerk.
Printed by F. Evans, Printer, “Herald” Office, Warminster.

Warminster ~ Success For The Anti-Water Party

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 11th April 1885:

Warminster. Success For The Anti-Water Party.
The result of the Local Board election was an increase in the representation of the anti-water party, who are opposed to the suggested water supply scheme. The five elected were Dr. C. Alcock, the Rev. Sir J.E. Philipps, Bart., Mr. George Chambers, Mr. w. Frank Morgan (a member of the water party) and Mr. H. Ling. The anti-water party will now have a majority of four.

The Nag’s Head Is Included In William Buckler’s Memoranda Book

An 18th century Memoranda book of William Buckler of Boreham, Warminster, principally consisting of surveys of his leasehold lands, including the public house The Nag’s Head, can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. The reference number is 2875/1.

Deeds And A Sale Particular Of A House Formerly Called The Half Moon

Deeds and a sale particular of a house formerly called the Half Moon and land later the Home Nursery, Boreham Road, Warminster, can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. They date 1791 – 1885. The reference number is 628/23/2.

Christ Church, Warminster And Its Memorials 1883

Rambles In and Around Warminster, published in 1883, noted:

CHRIST CHURCH
Although the visitor to Warminster should by no means fail to make an inspection of Christ Church, he will do well to remember before-hand the benediction which attends those who are moderate in their expectations; and the malediction which is invariably fulfilled in the case of those who expect too much. He should also bear in mind that whilst distance lends enchantment to the view, proximity very often leads to disenchantment. As we look at Christ Church from the opposite hill, and see its imposing position, its ancient looking pinnacled tower, its ivy-clad walls, and its sloping churchyard with its many mounds and monuments, we might easily suppose that it was the venerable parish church of Warminster, and that that out-of-the-way building at the North-West corner of the town, dedicated to St. Denys, was perhaps a chapelry attached. But as we approach the building, we find that the architecture is anything but perfect, that the pinnacles are clumsy and disproportioned, that the substantial looking tower is merely built of brick, and that the building is, in short, of entirely modern construction.

Christ Church, in fact, has had a short an uneventful history. Previous to the year 1830, no Church of any kind existed in the district known as Warminster Common, and little attention was shown to the spiritual wants of that portion of the town. A small Nonconformist Chapel was erected there in 1802, and in 1827 a larger one was built, chiefly through the exertions of Mr. W. Daniell, who was known as the “Bishop of Warminster Common,” and who for many years ministered in it. In 1825, the Rev. W. Dalby was appointed Vicar of Warminster, and he at once announced his intention of attempting to do something for this, the poorest, and at that time the most degraded, portion of the town. On April 2nd, 1826, he started services on Sunday evenings at the Workhouse. Mr. Daniell, writes in his diary of this date the following:- “I am bold to affirm that this was the first Church of England service ever performed on a Sunday at Warminster Common from the foundation of the world .” It appears, however, that as far back as 1798 the Rev. R. Herbert, curate of Warminster, had held week-day services at the same institution.

Mr. Dalby’s services attracted large congregations, but, strange, to say he met with a good deal of moral opposition from the Guardians and well-to-do residents in the town, as well as considerable physical obstruction from the inhabitants of the Common. The way in which the services were interrupted is forcibly illustrated by the following extremely characteristic quotation from Mr. Daniell’s diary, February 28th, 1828:- “An awful Visitation has lately occurred at the Common. A youth, who came to our Chapel, evidently to be idle, went the next Sabbath evening to the Church service at the Workhouse, for the same wicked purpose. Whilst at his Sport, disturbing the people’s Devotions, he was suddenly seized with a severe pain in his shoulder, which carried him into Eternity that day week!”

On the 25th May, 1827, a vestry meeting was held to consider the desirability of building a new Church at the Common. This seems to have been the first occasion on which the idea was publicly ventilated, and the reception it met with was certainly not very encouraging. The Vicar’s proposal that a Church should be built was lost by a majority of 102 votes. But Mr. Dalby was undaunted, and in spite of this severe rebuff, he exclaimed publicly, with a confidence very remarkable under such dispiriting circumstances, “Never will I cease to pray and labour till there is a new Church erected.”

He appears certainly to have worked most assiduously for the accomplishment of his object for four months afterwards, on the 27th September, the following entry occurs in the diary which we have already quoted:- “The Vicar’s zeal has waxen very hot indeed! It appears that a new Church, after all, will be the result. He has been very diligent in applications for subscriptions, and also very successful; and the thing is decreed surely to come to pass.”

Upon the 15th April, 1830, an important double event took place in the town. The foundation of the new Church was laid by Mr. Dalby, and the foundation of the new Town Hall was laid by Mr. Phipps. It might give rise to a misunderstanding to say that upon this day Warminster contrived to kill two birds with one stone, as there is no doubt that two separate stones were used upon this memorable occasion; but it certainly is a remarkable fact that two such similar events both so important to the town should have happened to occur on the same day of the same year.

The following is the inscription engraved on brass and let into the foundation stone of Christ Church: – “The first stone of Christ Church, Warminster, was laid on the 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1830. Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth Peace, Goodwill toward men.” The ceremony was no doubt somewhat enlarged from the fact that the foundation of the Town Hall was being laid on the same day. A sermon was first preached at the Parish Church, by the Rev. Dr. Griffith (Master of the Grammar School), and a procession was then formed from St. Denys’ to the site of the new building. The procession, consisted, we are told by an eye-witness, “of magistrates, constables, churchwardens, clergymen, gentry, tradesmen, all the national school children, and an immense concourse of spectators.”

It may be mentioned here that Mr. Dalby was from the first extremely anxious that the church should be built, further from the town, and in the midst of “The Common.” Unless this were the case he maintained that the whole object of the Church would be frustrated; but in this matter his views were over-ridden by those of a very decided majority of his parishioners.

In a little more than a year the Church was consecrated. This ceremony was performed on the 13th May, 1831, by Bishop Burgess. A very large gathering of clergymen attended, and the Marquis of Bath, with a number of the magistrates and gentry of the neighbourhood, was also present. It has been remarked of this event that “Christ Church was the only church that Bishop Burgess consecrated in the county of Wilts – and that was a chapel! Considering that Bishop Burgess presided over the see for twelve years (1825-1837), this fact does not speak very highly for the Church building enterprises of this particular period.

Christ Church was at first made a district Chapelry, and as such was by an Act passed in 1847, empowered to summon a vestry and appoint Churchwardens for Ecclesiastical purposes only. But by an Act passed in 1854, it became a new parish, distinct for all ecclesiastical purposes from St. Denys’ parish. In 1869 this separation was made complete by the abolition of Church rates, a measure which made the new church entirely independent of the older one.

The building of Christ Church was at first estimated to cost £2400, but as is usual in these cases, it actually cost about double this sum, namely £4708. Of this, nearly £3000 was raised by subscriptions, the rest being principally derived from a grant by the Parliamentary Commissioners. It was built upon land belonging to the Astley family.

The first incumbent of the Church was the Rev. J.H.A. Walsh, who, in 1859, resigned the living for the Rectory of Bishopstrow. He was succeeded by the Rev. R.R. Hutton, who resigned after a charge of six years. The present Vicar (Rev.W. Hickman) succeeded him in 1867.

We have already alluded to the fact that Christ Church was the only Church built and consecrated in the diocese of Salisbury, during the episcopate of Bishop Burgess. This is saying a good deal for the benighted condition of the diocese at large; but it may be further stated that of that diocese the Archdeaconry of Wilts was, in this particular, the darkest and most depraved portion. Within this Archdeaconry the only gleam of church-building enterprise that appeared during the two episcopates of Bishop Fisher and Bishop Burgess, a period of no less than thirty years, was to be found in the erection of this church at Warminster.

Possibly, however, this fact is another testimony to the “eternal fitness of things,” for if Christ Church may be taken as a fair specimen of the church-building taste of this particular era, we need not feel any very keen regret that such structures were not multiplied to an indefinite extent.

The stranger who inspects the modern interior of the Church will probably consider that these are “hard sayings’ in more senses than one, and may be at a loss to understand how they can apply to a building which, at any rate within, is quite in conformity with modern taste, and has many pleasing architectural features.

The fact is that the present arrangement of the interior of the Church is almost as different as possible from the original design; and indeed on comparing the two it is difficult to imagine how so complete a transformation could have been accomplished, without pulling down and rebuilding the greater part of the old structure.

Soon after the present vicar had assumed office, and scarcely more than forty years after the church had been built, it was decided to add to it a chancel. This work was completed in November 1871, the architect being Mr. Wyatt, and the builders Messrs. B. Parsons and W. Dutch, of Warminster. Exactly ten years later (in November 1881), a still more extensive and important alteration was effected, namely the substitution of the present pews for the original high “boxes’; the removal of the old flat ceiling, in favour of the modern open timbered roof; the abolition of a gallery at the west end; the introduction of two rows of handsome Bath stone arcades; the addition of new windows; new gas fittings; new porches; new doors; new tiling; and in fact the alteration of almost everything that could possible be altered, to an extent rather uncomplimentary and hardly respectful to the taste of the original designers and builders. One of the most difficult, and at the same time the most important, of the improvements made, consisted in the raising and embellishing of the chancel arch, which now spans the church at an elevation of 25 feet, instead of as formerly 21½ feet. Mr. Vialls of London was the architect of these works, and Mr. Gaisford, of Warminster, the contractor. It should also be mentioned that the renovation scheme included the abolition of pew rents. The church now contains about 705 sittings, all of which are free. In order to accomplish this, £1,520 was handed over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Including this amount, it may be roughly estimated that the cost of the renovation and Chancel with £350 expended on a new organ in 1871, must have been equivalent to considerably over £4,000, or about the same sum as was originally expended on the building of the church.

Within the church are several monumental tablets. Amongst these is one to the memory of the Rev. J.H.A. Walsh, the first incumbent of the church. He came to Warminster in 1828 as curate of the Parish Church, and was appointed incumbent of Christ Church when only twenty-five years of age. The inscription on the tablet is as follows:-

“Sacred to the memory of the Rev. J.H.A. Walsh, M.A., the first Incumbent of this Church, and for 28 years the faithful and affectionate Pastor of the people committed to his charge. He became Rector of Bishopstrow in 1859, and died there May 17, 1871, aged 66 years.”

Mr. Walsh was buried in the church-yard of Christ Church, and a handsome monument, inscribed with his initials, still marks the place of his interment. Most of the Communion Plate belonging to the church was presented to it by him on the day of its consecration.

The handsome stained East Window representing “The Crucifixion,” was given by Mrs. Cockrell. It stood at the East End of the Church before the Chancel was added, and was removed to its present position when that work was undertaken. It was then somewhat increased in its proportions, by the addition of the singular jumble of fragments of glass, which now compose the lower portion of the window. The two-light window on the North Side of the Chancel represents “The Raising of Dorcas,” and was presented by the Rev. W. Hickman, in memory of his mother. It is inscribed “In memory of MARGARET HICKMAN, who died at Warminster, March, 1872.” That on the South Side representing “The Resurrection and the Ascension,” was given by Mr. W. Chapman. These windows are all by Messrs. Horwood, of Frome, who, at their own expense, inserted the window in the Vestry, a representation of our Lord, inscribed “Salvator Mundi.” The ten coloured windows of the aisles were provided by a legacy from Mrs. Poore.

As may be supposed, there are few monuments in the Churchyard of very remarkable or general interest. Near the principal entrance to the Churchyard are four stones, all situated together and erected to the memory of four persons who met with accidental deaths within a few months of each other. They were SILAS PAYNE, who was killed at Wentworth in Dec. 1874, aged 25; JOHN GRIST, who died by accident in 1873; EBER GEORGE MINES, killed at Winchester in 1873, aged 22; and HENRY SPAREY who was accidentally killed at the Warminster Brewery in 1873, aged 30. There is a singular inscription on Silas Payne’s headstone, as follows:-

“To the memory of SILAS PAYNE, who was accidentally killed at Wentworth, Yorkshire, on the 2nd Dec., 1874, in the 25th year of his age. The following lines was found in his pocket book after death:-

“Mother and friends do not repent,
For unto you I was but lent,
My debt is paid, my grave you see;
Wait but awhile, you’ll follow me.”

On the South side of the Church is a stone to the memory of a person who died as master of the Workhouse, in 1855, but who, as will be seen by the following inscription, had “known better times.”:-

“In memory of HUNGERFORD LUTTRELL, formerly as officer of rank in the Columbian service under Bolivar, and afterwards a Captain in the British Legion, under General Evans in Spain. He was a lineal descendant of the ancient and illustrious families of the Hungerfords of Cadenham, and the Luttrells of Dunster. He was an affectionate husband, a fond father, and a sincere friend. He died at Warminster, Nov. 21st, 1855, aged 62 years.”

The following is the inscription upon the oldest stone in the Churchyard:-

“In memory of ISAAC AXFORD, who died July 2nd, 1840, aged 52. Also of MARY AXFORD the beloved relict of the said Isaac Axford, who died Feb. 14th, 18-9, aged 74.”

There were however, many burials previous to 1840. The first entry on the Register of Burials was singularly inauspicious. It is as follows:-

“George Wetherill, a travelling shoemaker, from Bath; died of Malignant Cholera on the 24th August 1832; buried on the evening of the 24th – before the consecration! W. Dalby.” The Churchyard was consecrated on the 9th August, 1833.

The Tower of Christ Church, measured from the summit of the pinnacles to the ground, is 99 feet high. It is substantially built of stone, and from the top an excellent view may be obtained of the town and the surrounding country.

The Belfry contains only one bell, but we may take this opportunity of impressing upon those who are interested in Bell-ringing the fact that there is plenty of room for seven more. Indeed the present Bell, hanging as it does all alone in the large empty Belfry, looks extremely insignificant, and has anything but a cheerful and inspiriting appearance. We would therefore warmly second the lines recently addressed to it by a local writer, in the columns of the Herald:-

“O Bell of fifty years’ lone influence!
Which wondrously hast done thy duty well,
Cry now for some congenial aid; that hence
Thy message, multiplied, may blessings swell.
Thy gentle call, though useful past our thought,
Repeated from thy lofty Tower’s height
With frequent best intentions rightly fraught,
Has seldom echoed mid sin’s darkest blight.

* * * * * * * *

Enlarge thy powers, then, sacred little Bell!
Spread thy dimensions into six, or eight:
Let a full peal Love’s heavenly tidings tell,
And Mercy’s invitations emulate.”

The bell was re-cast in 1838 by Warner and Sons, having previously been accidentally broken.

The clock in the Tower is the oldest object in the Church. It has upon it the inscription “Aug. 24th, 1758, Joseph Neighbour; John Clark, fecit.” The works are old-fashioned and complicated, but the clock keeps remarkably good time. It was, we believe, purchased second hand from Bristol.

The font of Christ Church is of handsome proportions and design. It is of Caen stone with four small Devonshire marble columns, and was placed in the Church in 1866.

The present organ stands in the organ chamber on the South side of the Chancel. It is by Vowles of Bristol, and cost £350. The first organ was placed in the Church in 1843, and stood in the gallery at the West End.

The organ is well adapted to the building. It is a two-manual instrument with 20 stops, 2½ octaves of pedals, and 5 composition pedals, divided 3 to great, and 2 to swell. The stops include cornopean, claribella, and clarionet.

There are several charities in connection with Christ Church, amongst them being the yearly rent of a farm (about £25) left by Mr. Elling, to be distributed each Christmas; £2000 to be given in coals at Christmas, or at other times during the year, bequeathed by Mr. Matthew Davies; £424 3s. 5d., consuls, left by Mr. Charles Bleeck in 1878, the interest to be annually given to the poorest in the parish; and £1000 left by Mr. Matthew Davies towards the support of the Mission School at the Common.

The following inscription has recently been painted upon the board at the West entrance to the Church:-

“This Church was restored and reseated A.D. 1881, at a cost of £1400, raised by subscriptions aided by a grant of £ 0 from the Diocesan Church Building Society. A further sum of £1420, including an anonymous donation of £1000, was at the same time raised to abolish the Pew Rents of the Church, and to replace them by an annual income to the vicar of £54. WILLIAM HICKMAN, Vicar. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, CHAS. ALBERT BLEECK, Churchwardens.”

Hence the following:-

Restored the Dictionary says
Means “altered back again.”
Was Christ Church ever built before
As now? and if so, when?
It’s evidence there must be some
Mistake about this Board;
The Church was altered, let us hope
It ne’er will be restored.

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