The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Warminster Urban District Council. Building Plans. Bungalow, Pickford’s Lane, West Street, T. Wells. 1939. Reference G16/760/495.
The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):
Warminster Urban District Council. Correspondence. Clearance Scheme: 1-2 Pickfords Lane, Warminster. 1936-1938. Reference G16/132/29.
Residents at Pickford’s Lane (off West Street), Warminster, 1933:
A. Foreman, 1 Pickford’s Lane.
K.G. Ryan, 2 Pickford’s Lane.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Cuckoo’s Nest was the name for two cottages at Pickford’s Lane, off the north side of West Street, Warminster.
The 1901 Census of Warminster records that Frank Humphries who lived at No.1 Cuckoo’s Nest and Ernest Morrell who lived at No.2 Cuckoo’s Nest were both nurseryman labourers.
The 1901 Census tells us that Frank Humphries, was then aged 33 and that he was born in Warminster. His wife Ellen, three years younger, was born in Frome. The Census records seven Humphries’ children living with them: Albert, aged 13, a baker’s errand boy; Charles, aged 9; Nellie, aged 7; Arthur, aged 6; Mary A., aged 4; Florence, aged 2; and William, aged 1. These children were all born in Warminster.
Ernest Morrell, who lived at No.2 Cuckoo’s Nest, was aged 24 at the time of the 1901 Census and his birthplace is recorded as Taunton, Somerset. His wife Lily Morrell is the same age and was born in Warminster. The Census reveals they had two children at this time: George, aged 3, born in Taunton; and Frank, aged 1, born in Warminster.Â
