Category: Gazetteer

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

Point Pond Has A Concrete Lining

Sunday 31st March 2024

Danny Howell writes:

I was taking to a keeper on the Fonthill Estate this afternoon and I mentioned how the last few times that I had visited Point Pond in Great Ridge Wood it had either no water or next to no water in it. The keeper surprised me when he said that when the pond was checked for possible restoration work not so long ago it was discovered that beneath the plant life which grows in the bed of the pond there is a concrete lining.

Do any readers of this blog know when the concrete lining was added to Point Pond (which is an old droving pond)?

Or does anyone out there have any information including personal recollections about Point Pond; also does anyone have any photographs of Point Pond in days gone by?

If you can help with these enquiries, please email: dannyhowellnet@gmail.com

Applications Invited By Warren’s Almshouses For The Rental Of A Property At Old Were Court, Warminster

Thursday 9th February 2023

Warren’s Almshouses, Old Were Court, Warminster. Registered Charity No. 242797.

Applications are invited from widows and single ladies, over the age of 60, who are in reasonable health, have limited means and live in the Warminster area, for a vacancy which exists.

The property consists of a first-floor, two bedroom apartment, next to the Civic Centre, with a stair lift, fitted kitchen, fridge freezer and washing machine. It is carpeted throughout.

Because we are a charity the rent is considerably less than the commercial rate. Property insurance is paid for by the charity. Unfortunately no pets are allowed.

An application form with further details is available from: Mr. A. Stephens, Secretary, Warren Almshouses, 104 Ruskin Drive, Warminster, BA12 8SA.

Puckwell Coppice, West Knoyle

Thursday 31st October 2019

Heritage@WSHC @HeritageWSHC has tweeted:

The devil can be found in place names including ‘Puck’, derived from ‘puca’ which is a shapeshifting hobgoblin – eg Pucklechurch field near Lyneham; Pugpits Copse at Landford near Whiteparish; and Puckwell Coppice at West Knoyle #halloween2019

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