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 21 was ‘George Mead’ adjoining Weymouth Street, Warminster, occupied by Robert Coles.
A piece of land with the name George Mead is numbered 18 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:
18
Premises: George Mead (including water).
Occupier: John Lush.
State: meadow.
Measure: 2 acres, 3 roods, 13 perches.
Parish: Warminster.
