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Sale Of Cottages At South Alley

An advertisement in The Warminster Herald, Saturday 18th January 1873:

Warminster Common, Wilts,
Sale of Freehold Cottages and Gardens.
Mr. Atkins has received instructions to offer For Sale By Action, at the Globe Inn, Warminster Common, on Wednesday, 29th day of January, 1873, at six o’clock in the evening, (subject to such conditions as shall be then produced), the following desirable Freehold Property in one lot, viz.

All those Five Cottages or Tenements with Gardens, situate at South Alley, Warminster Common, now in the occupations of Mr. Edward Ryall, Edward Prince, Jessey Robins, John Ryall, and one House now void, at rents amounting to £18 per annum, containing by admeasurement 30p. or thereabouts.

To view the premises and for further particulars, apply to Mr. Edward Ryall, the Auctioneer, or Mr. F.W. Bayly, Solicitor, Warminster.

Pitmead Described By John Marius Wilson

From John Marius Wilson’s Imperial Gazetteer Of England And Wales, 1870-1872:

PITMEAD, a place in the S W of Wilts; on the river Wiley, near Warminster. A Roman pavement, 116 feet by 10, was found here in 1786; and another, 19 feetsquare, together with baths and other Roman relics, was found in 1800.

Oak Trees And Faggots Sale

From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 20th June 1868:

Front page

Advert for sale of 150 Oak Trees and 140 oak saplings at Eastleigh Woods, in Lord’s Coppice. Also 3,100 heavy and well made faggots of oak, and 500 capital underwood faggots at Middle Eight Acres Coppice, 5 p.m. 30th June 1868.

Proposal To Erect A Schoolroom At South Alley / Kettle Alley, Warminster Common

CFrom The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, June 1868:

Christ Church, Warminster.
It is proposed, if necessary funds can be obtained, to erect a small schoolroom in that portion of Warminster Common called South, or Kettle Alley, where children can be educated whose parents are unable to send them to other schools from want of money or clothing. The room may also be used as an occasional lecture or reading room. About £150 has been promised or subscribed. £200 will be required to carry out the proposed plan. Subscriptions are earnestly requested from those who would wish to help in furthering the project; they can be paid either to Mr. Hickman or to the school account at the North Wilts Bank.

Annual Rifle Prize Meeting, 1867

From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:

The annual Rifle Prize Meeting took place on Monday, the twenty-third, at Mancombe Hill. Mr. Wakeman, as usual, distinguished himself, carrying off Lord Bath’s prize, and also winning that of Mr. Bleeck, which he could not retain, as being the winner of the former prize. Corporal Luke and Private N. White were ties for the Challenge Cup, but Luke became the holder of it. Private Cross carried off the Cup given by the Officers of the Corps. Messrs. Luke and Haden were the winners of the prizes given by Mr. Wakeman. Our space forbids our giving the names of others who won laurels.

2nd Lease On Court Farm, Horningsham, 1867

Court Farm, later called Horningsham Manor Farm.

2nd lease for 12 years, let to Thomas Pope, 4 June 1867.

Numbers on map, followed by descriptions.

In Horningsham Parish:

1 The Court Farm, House, Garden and Lawn.

2 The Court Farm, Yard and Buildings.

3 The Batch.

4 Picket Close, Home Ground and Buildings.

5 Barn, Stables and Yards.

6 Cheeseman’s Ground.

7 Field, late Carter’s.

8 Field, late Carter’s.

9 Orchard.

10 House, Garden, Yard &c.

11 Orchard.

12 Charlton’s Mead.

13 Fosters and Daniells Pethyridges.

Exton’s Mead.

14 Nockatt Ground &c.

14a Nockatt Ground &c.

15 Dunnings, Lower Hitcombe Close.

Field from Parsonage Barn to Shute &c.

16 Two Tenements, Parsonage Barn and Buildings.

17 Whatleys and Stony Furlong.

18 Field from Whatleys and Stony Furlong.

19 Field from Parsonage Barn to Shute.

20 Field from Parsonage Barn to Shute.

21 Two Cottages and Gardens at Lower Shute.

22 Elliotts Anstey and Great Barn Field.

23 Great Barn Field.

24 Great Barn Field.

25 Great Barn Field.

37 Lower Barn Cottage and Buildings.

38 Road to Lower Barn.

39 Part of Field at Nutbury.

40 Part of Field at Nutbury.

41 Kingscroft, Palmers &c.

42 Kingscroft, Palmers &c.

43 Hanging Pethyridge.

44 Top Pethyridge, Daniells Hanging &c.

45 Cottage and Garden.

46 Clanwell Mead &c.

47 Dairy House, Out Buildings and Paddock.

48 Upper Orchard.

49 Park Ground &c.

50 Great or Broad Mead and Farrs Mead.

51 Field.

52 Langleys Mead Out Buildings.

53 Harveys Paddock and Mathews Close.

54 Rampers Paddock.

55 Middle Tomkins.

56 & 57 Meares Water Mead.

58 South Tomkins.

59 Upper and Lower Rack Mead and Building.

60 Sangers.

61 Old Alder Bed.

62 Great Pethyridge.

63 Meadow.

64 Singers Close and Bonhams Mead.

65 Pethyridge and Garden.

In Hill Deverill Parish:

26 Picket Ground.

27 Lower Mead.

28 Wood.

29 Seven Acres, The Leys and Twelve Acres.

30 Bidcombe Down and Chalk Pit.

31 Malmpit Ground and Lime Kiln.

32 Malmpit Ground and Lime Kiln.

33 Two Cottages and Premises, Three Acres and Home Ground.

34 Paddock.

35 Garden.

36 Home Ground and Picket Ground.

66 The Grove.

Varied Vegetation At Half Lane, Warminster

K. J. McEnnes, in Gleanings In Natural History, in the Warminster Miscellany, 1 July 1862, takes the reader on a nature walk:

“Crossing the fields at Bugley we enter the bye lane [Half Lane] by the Blue Ball and steer for Norridge Wood, the scene at once changes, the Geological formation is a total change from that we have just passed, this being on the Clay, and vegetation to a great extent is equally varied . . . “

He goes on to describe the Meadow Cranes-bill or geranium, the spindle tree whose wood is in general request by watch and clockmakers for cleaning the pinion holes, and he also mentions sedge, wild Valerian, Herb Bennet, Butterfly Orchids, Ramsons, and Birds Foot Trefoil. He concludes by mentioning the delightful fragrance of the beans in an adjoining field.

Sale Of Furniture And Effects Of The Late Mrs. Skeete, 3 Boreham Villas, Warminster

Advertisement in the Warminster Miscellany And Local Advertiser, issued dated 1st July 1862:

To be sold by auction, by Mr. Stent, – without reserve, – on Tuesday the 22nd July, 1862, on the premises No.3 Boreham Villas, the entire useful Household Furniture, Valuable Plate, and other Effects of the late Mrs. Skeete, deceased.

Particulars, in Catalogues, may be obtained of the Auctioneer, Portway, Warminster, three days prior to the Sale; and the Furniture will be on view the day before the Sale.

The House to Let, with Immediate Possession.

An Otter Trapped At Pitmead

From The Warminster Miscellany, 1 July 1861:

On the 22nd ult. [22nd June 1861] James Bayly, Esq. trapped a full-grown otter on the banks of the river at Pitmead, it measured 4ft. 2ins. from snout to tail, and weighed 20lbs. This is the sixth otter captured in our river within a short space of time. Till recently the animal was a stranger to this neighbourhood. It is extremely tenacious of life, and in this instance after the capture of the animal it was a work of much difficulty to kill it. The skin is now in the hands of Mr. King, to be stuffed, and will add another to the numerous and valuable specimens of natural history in Mr. Bayly’s possession. These animals must be regarded as inveterate enemies by all admirers of the Rod. The devastation they commit amongst the fish is very great, as unless pressed by extreme hunger, they consume only a small portion of their prey, confining themselves to the thick flakes about the shoulder and back, leaving the remainder of the carcase to less fastidious feeders.

A Two Headed Puppy At Bishopstrow

From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 9 May 1857:

Sir, On perceiving in your impression of Saturday’s date, under the head of “Lusus Naturae,” an account of some wonderful deviations from nature, I have been induced to send you an account of the following (if possible more remarkable) fact. I have in my possession a valuable terrier bitch, which on Wednesday evening gave birth to three very fine puppies – the most remarkable fact is, that the larger of the three has an additional appendage in the form of a second and extremely well-formed head. The muscles and arteries of both the heads and necks are so well developed in all parts, that it is impossible to tell which is the interloper. I am not quite sure, but I believe he obtains nourishment by both the heads. I shall be happy to show it to any interested party. I am, yours &c. J.W. Griffith. Bishopstrow Rectory. May 7th.