Fullmore Common is so named, on the 2nd Plan (map) which accompanies the 1783 Enclosure Award For Warminster And Corsley.
Category: Gazetteer
A geographical dictionary providing reference information about places and place names in Warminster and other civil parishes in the surrounding area.
Bugley Pound, 1783
Bugley Pound is shown and so named, on the 2nd Plan (map) which accompanies the 1783 Enclosure Award For Warminster And Corsley.
Man Comb, 1783
Man Comb is so named, on the 7th Plan (map) which accompanies the 1783 Enclosure Award For Warminster And Corsley.
Boreham Down, 1783
Boreham Down is so named, on the 7th Plan (map) which accompanies the 1783 Enclosure Award For Warminster And Corsley.
Meeting House Certificate ~ The Dwellinghouse Of William Adlam In Back Lane, Warminster
Entry No.333 in Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates And Registrations 1689-1852, edited by J.H. Chandler, published by Wiltshire Record Society, 1985:
6 Jan 1773 (15 Jan 1773). Warminster. The dwellinghouse of William Adlam in Back Lane. Methodist. Caleb Daniel, Nathaniel White, James Bond, Charles Dudden, housekeepers in Warminster. (WRO D1/2/27)
Lease, Close Of Meadow Called Cowleaze With Two Parrocks Of Meadow Adjoining, Horningsham, 1679
WILTSHIRE
Horningsham
20 February 1679
Lease.
Close of meadow called ‘Cowleaze’ with two parrocks of meadow adjoining.
Counterpart lease from Charles SACKVILLE, earl of Dorset and Middlesex, Mary PAULET, Lady St John and Mark ARUNDELL, esq., to William PARSONS, maltster; rent 7s.7d.
Buckler’s Wood, Warminster, 1665
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Warminster. Buckler’s Wood is said to be associated with the family of John Buckler, 1665 (J.J. Daniel, History Of Warminster, 1879).
Emwell, Warminster – Place Name
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Emwell Street (6″). Cf. Emewell 1249, 1394 Assize Rolls for Wiltshire (Public Record Office), Emewelle 1332 Lay Subsidy Rolls unpublished, Emwell 1344 Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, Calendar of Close Rolls, 1348 Calendar of Patent Rolls, Emwell al. Emble Coppice 1650 Parliamentary Surveys, Public Record Office. The forms are too late and indecisive for any etymology to be suggested.
Gallery Bridge, Warminster, 1649
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Warminster. Gallery Bridge (6″) is so named in 1649 (Documents in the possession of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral).
Penny’s Wood, Maiden Bradley
According to The Place Names Of Wiltshire (English Place-Name Society Volume XVI) by J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, published by Cambridge University Press, 1970:
Maiden Bradley. Penny’s Wood (6″) is to be associated with the family of William Penny (1629 Lay Subsidy Rolls, unpublished, Public Record Office).