Category: Gazetteer

A geographical dictionary providing reference information about places and place names in Warminster and other civil parishes in the surrounding area.

South View Road, Warminster ~ Building Plans For 12 New Houses ~ 1934

Building plans for 12 new houses at South View Road, Warminster, were submitted to Warminster Urban District Council, in 1934. These plans can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. The reference number is G16/760/324.

Residents At Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster, 1933

Residents at Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street, Warminster, 1933:

F. Butcher, 1 Bleeck’s Buildings.
C.W. Presley, 2 Bleeck’s Buildings.
M.G. Trollope, 3 Bleeck’s Buildings.
A.G. Pearce, 4 Bleeck’s Buildings.

R.J. Pearce, 5 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W.H. Scane, 6 Bleeck’s Buildings.
J. Croome, 7 Bleeck’s Buildings.
R.C. Prince, 8 Bleeck’s Buildings.

W. Grist, 9 Bleeck’s Buildings.
G. Whatley, 10 Bleeck’s Buildings.
J. Dyer, 11 Bleeck’s Buildings.
W. Sims, 12 Bleeck’s Buildings.

Residents At Coles’ Buildings (Off West Street), Warminster, 1933

Residents at Coles’ Buildings (off West Street), Warminster, 1933:

A.E. Baverstock, 1 Coles’ Buildings.
R.W. Baker, 2 Coles’ Buildings.
L.W. Ingram, 3 Coles’ Buildings.
H. Turner, 4 Coles’ Buildings.
Mrs Curtis, 6 Coles’ Buildings.
E. Stephens, 7 Coles’ Buildings.
J.C. Bidewell, 8 Coles’ Buildings.

The Mancombe Ghost

Victor Strode Manley, in Volume 10 of his Regional Survey of the Warminster District, compiled in the 1920s and 1930s, includes the following note:

Narrator: Mr. Foreman, West Street, Warminster. April 1931.
Re-told by R. Davis.

He worked as a shepherd until lately on Mr. Stiles’ Farm on Warminster Down. No one could be got to remain in the farmhouse because it was said to be haunted. The crockery rattled and fell, doors shut of their own account and were only opened afterwards with difficulty, so it was demolished.

(Query – Was this the same place as mentioned in the tale of the haunted sheepskin?)

Some years ago he took a flock of sheep from there to Tilshead, and returned via Imber, where he had a pint at night. When he reached the foot of Sack Hill, a white form came from the direction of Battlesbury, but it had no definite form. It stood in the middle of the road in front of him and remained there until his near approach, when it glided into a copse at the side of the road. There was no wind but a rustling sound came from the copse.

The same thing happened to him on another occasion.

Residents At Three Horseshoes Yard, Warminster, 1931

Residents at Three Horseshoes Yard, Warminster, 1931:

A. Smith, 1 Three Horseshoes Yard.
E.W. Blake, 2 Three Horseshoes Yard.
F. Webber, 3 Three Horseshoes Yard.

F. Coleman, 4 Three Horseshoes Yard.
F.H.G. Cornish, 5 Three Horseshoes Yard.
C. Dredge, 6 Three Horseshoes Yards.

J. Dredge, 7 Three Horseshoes Yard.
A. Withers, 8 Three Horseshoes Yard.
C. Collier, 9 Three Horseshoes Yard.

Black Hedge ~ Warminster To Upton Scudamore

Victor Manley, in his Regional Survey Of The Warminster District, Volume Five, compiled in the 1920s and 1930s, listed and attempted to explain the meaning of local place names.

He included Black Hedge in his list, saying it was named on the “1840 Map of Warminster” and was “midway between Upton Scudamore forked roads, 1 mile, & railway,” adding that it “runs into Portway Lane.”

Elsewhere in his list Manley, referring to Black Hedge again, wrote: “note proximity of Bear Close barrow.”

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