At the Eastleigh Estate sale of land and properties in the parishes of Bishopstrow, Sutton Veny and Warminster, being sold (on behalf of Sir John Dugdale Astley) by auction by the firm of Marsh, Dawes And Gibbs at the Bath Arms Hotel, Market Place, Warminster on Wednesday 4th June 1884:
Lot 15 was ‘Woodyears’ or ‘Powell’s Two Acres’ and ‘Cooper’s Field’ or ‘Fernhill’ in the parish of Warminster occupied by James Chapman.
A piece of land with the name Cooper’s Field is numbered 12 on a map of the Eastleigh and Warminster estates of Sir John Dugdale Astley in Warminster, Bishopstrow, Sutton Veny, Norton Bavant and Upton Scudamore. This map, dated 1835, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. (reference 3330/2L).
A key at the base of the map gives the following details:
12
Premises: Cooper’s Field (held under the Marquess of Bath).
Occupier: Noah Carpenter
State: pasture.
Measure: 8 acres, 3 roods, 35 perches.
Parish: Warminster.
