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Members Of The Warminster Branch Of The Wiltshire Association Of Dairy Students, 1949

Mr. Trevor Able, Leigh-on-Mendip.

Messrs. M. & P. Allard, Cliff Farm, Brixton Deverill.

Miss Ruth Allard, Cliff Farm, Brixton Deverill.

Mr. H. Ayles.

Miss Axtell, c/o Messrs. John Wallis Titt & Co.

Mr. Norman Arnold, Noade Farm, Bishopstrow.

Mr. & Mrs. Algar, Longleat.

Miss R. Barker, Heytesbury.

Mr. & Mrs. J. Bastable, Mill Farm, Norton Bavant.

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bazley, Boreham Farm, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. Beale, Thoulston Farm, Chapmanslade.

Messrs. J. & B. Beale, Thoulston Farm, Chapmanslade.

Mrs. Bell, Knighton Farm, Durrington.

Miss Bell, Knighton Farm, Durrington.

Miss E. Beale, Thoulston Farm, Chapmanslade.

Mr. & Mrs. H. Bell, Knighton Farm, Durrington.

Messrs. Bell, Knighton Farm, Durrington.

Mr. John Berrett, Bratton.

Miss Mary Bourne, Sutton End Farm, Sutton Veny.

Mr. John Bourne, Sutton End Farm, Sutton Veny.

Mr. J. Boyd-Carpenter, Sutton Parva.

Miss J. Breley, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. A. Burt, Glebe Farm, Sutton Veny.

Mr. & Mrs. J. Candy, Manor Farm, Upton Scudamore.

Mr. & Mrs. R. Carpenter, Temple Farm, Upton Scudamore.

Messrs. A. & M. Cave, Manor Farm, Maiden Bradley.

Mr. & Mrs. Clarke, Manor Farm, Tytherington.

Mr. Cogzell, Warminster.

Miss M. Coles, Highcroft, Heytesbury.

Mr. Coles, West Hill Farm, Heytesbury.

Mr. Michael Coward, Sutton Veny.

Mr. & Mrs. A. Croker, Madbrook Farm, Westbury.

Mr. & Mrs. R. Crouch, Peake Farm, Shaftesbury.

Mr. Tom Davies, Barley Trials, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. A. Dawkins, Sambourne Road, Warminster.

Mr. J.R. Drake, South Farm, Norton Bavant.

Mr. Wilson C. Drake, Pyt House Farm, Tisbury.

Mr. E. Dredge, Whitbourne Springs Farm, Corsley.

Miss M. Dufosee, Church Farm, Longbridge Deverill.

Mr. & Mrs. B. Dufosee, Church Farm, Longbridge Deverill.

Mr. & Mrs. P. Dufosee, Manor Farm, Monkton Deverill.

Mrs. Dyke, Cley Hill Farm, Corsley.

Messrs. Dyke, Cley Hill Farm, Corsley.

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Dyke, Buckhorn Weston.

Mr. William Edmundson, The Gables Farm, Tisbury.

Miss Ewen, c/o Mr. Drake, Norton Bavant.

Mr. & Mrs. A. Eyres, Deverill Road Farm.

Mr. P. Eyres, Sutton Veny.

Mr. & Mrs. W. Fisher-Crouch, Manor Farm, Teffont Magna.

Mr. & Mrs. F. Fitz, Oakley Farm, Dinton.

Mr. Geoffrey Foreman, Parsonage Farm, Warminster.

Mr. H. Foreman, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. N. Francis, High House Farm, Corsley.

Mr. & Mrs. Frost, 9 Bath Road, Warminster.

Miss Fudge, Heytesbury.

Mr. & Mrs. Mansell Gale, Parsonage Farm, Warminster.

Messrs. Leslie and Geoffrey Gale, Parsonage Farm, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Gale, Reeves Farm, Bratton.

Mr. Gaskell, W.W.A.E.C. Offices, Warminster.

Mr. H. Gregory, c/o Dunns Seeds Ltd., Salisbury.

Mr. & Mrs. S. Gurney, Rye Hill Farm, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey, Upton Scudamore.

Mr. Hedley, Livestock Officer, Trowbridge.

Mr. Jarvis, Upton Scudamore.

Messrs. Jesse, Chapel Farm, East Knoyle.

Miss Jones, Horningsham.

Mr. Horace Jones, Barley Trials, Warminster.

Messrs. Maurice and W. Jones, Pound Farm.

Miss B. Legg, Kingston Deverill.

Mr. Littlewood, W.W.A.E.C. Offices, Warminster.

Mrs. Lloyd, Heytesbury.

Mr. & Mrs. Lockyer, Marshwood Farm, Dinton.

Mr. Norman, Norlands, Dilton Marsh.

Mr. Mrs. G. Osborne, Parsonage Farm, Heytesbury.

Roger Osborne, Parsonage Farm, Heytesbury.

Mrs. Parkes.

Mr. & Mrs. C. Parrott, East Hill Farm, Heytesbury.

Mrs. E.J. Parrott, Bugley Farm, Warminster.

Mr. M. Pearce, Millards Farm, Upton Scudamore.

Mr. & Mrs. Perrett, Southing Farm, Stapleford.

Mr. & Mrs. V. Perrett, Stapleford.

Mr. B. Pickford, Greenhill Farm, Sutton Veny.

Messrs. P. & H. Pickford, Greenhill Farm, Warminster.

Mr. R. Pickford, Botany Farm, Warminster.

Messrs. J. & D. Pinniger, Haycombe Farm, Sutton Veny.

Mrs. Pinniger, Haycombe Farm, Sutton Veny.

Mr. & Mrs. S. Pottow, East Farm, Knook.

Mr. & Mrs. A. Prior, Brickhill Farm, Warminster.

Mr. G. Puckett, Mill Lane Farm, Heytesbury.

Mr. & Mrs. F. Read, Upper Pertwood.

Mr. & Mrs. Don Reeves, Woodcock Farm, Frome.

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Reeves, Norlands, Dilton Marsh.

Mr. & Mrs. Stan Reeves, Whitecliffe, Brixton Deverill.

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Rendell, Temple Farm, Corsley.

Mr. George Rendell, Temple Farm, Corsley.

M. Reynolds, The Stalls, Longleat.

Mrs. E. Reynolds, The Stalls, Longleat.

Mr. & Mrs. Ted Reynolds, The Stalls, Longleat.

Mr. Frederick Richmond, Priors Farm, Semley.

Mr. Ridout, The Beeches, Sutton Veny.

Mr. R.F. Rogers, District Agricultural Officer, Salisbury.

Mrs. A. Russell, Lower Barn Farm, Horningsham.

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Russell, Lower Barn Farm, Horningsham.

Mr. & Mrs. Ryall, Ivy House, Heytesbury.

The Misses Ryall, Ivy House, Heytesbury.

Mr. & Mrs. J. Scott, Standerwick.

Mr. & Mrs. Skyrme. The Manor, Winterbourne Gunner.

Mr. Smith, c/o Mr. Crouch, Teffont.

Miss Mary Stolls, Woodcock, Corsley.

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Stradling, Chipps Farm, Corsley.

Mr. Richard Stratton, junior, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill.

Mr. C. Sully, East Knoyle.

Miss M. Thatcher, Hill View Farm, Wishford.

Mr. H.W. Tomlinson, St. Vincent’s Hotel, Clifton.

Miss O. Tucker, Manor Farm Cottages, Hill Deverill.

Miss E. Viney, Deverill Road, Sutton Veny.

Mr. & Mrs. Wales, Quebec House, Heytesbury.

Messrs. Walker, Manor Farm, Chitterne.

Mr. V. Wallis, Manor Farm, Chitterne.

Mr. W.L.B. Wallis, Manor Farm, Chitterne.

Messrs. Wallis, Manor Farm, Chitterne.

Miss D. Warren, W.W.A.E.C. Offices, Warminster.

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Wheeler, Park Farm, Westbury.

Miss S. Wightman, Market Place, Warminster.

Mrs. Wightman, Market Place, Warminster.

Miss Woodall, Sherrington.

Pool Farm House, Corsley, 1947

The farmhouse at Pool Farm, Corsley, pictured in 1947, when it was Lot No.1 in the auction sale of a large portion of the Longleat Estate. The auction, held at the Grand Cinema, Frome, on Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th July 1947, was under instructions from Henry Frederick Thynne, the 6th Marquess of Bath, solely for the purpose of paying Death Duties of £700,000. The auction comprised 5,400 acres of land, 20 farms, 23 smallholdings, 3 public houses, 130 cottages, as well as shops and a brickyard, situate in Wiltshire and Somerset. Cooper & Tanner Ltd., were the auctioneers.

Pool Farm House was described as well built and well appointed, built of brick and stone, with slated roof, and recently treated with a cement wash. The ground floor included a tiled front hall, a dining room, a drawing room, a back hall, a kitchen, a good larder, and a scullery. The first floor had a landing leading to four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. A pathway at the rear of the property led to a courtyard, a galvanized roofed boiler house, a cheese-room and a coal house. Outside were pleasant lawns, a kitchen garden, a range of farm buildings opposite, and two cottages. The farmland comprised 163 acres. All of this was let to farmer Maurice W. White on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy, at £250 per annum.

Chipps Farm House, Corsley, 1947

Chipps Farm House, pictured in 1947, when it was Lot No.56 in the auction sale of a large portion of the Longleat Estate. The auction, held at the Grand Cinema, Frome, on Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th July 1947, was under instructions from Henry Frederick Thynne, the 6th Marquess of Bath, solely for the purpose of paying Death Duties of £700,000. The auction comprised 5,400 acres of land, 20 farms, 23 smallholdings, 3 public houses, 130 cottages, as well as shops and a brickyard, situate in Wiltshire and Somerset. Cooper & Tanner Ltd., were the auctioneers.

In the sale catalogue, Chipps Farm House was described as “stone and brick built, slated and tiled.” The ground floor included a small entrance lobby; a sitting room; a living room; a pantry for china; a back lobby; and a scullery with a back entrance to a lean-to milk-house built of wood and galvanised iron. The first floor comprised a landing and three bedrooms. Water, electricity, and telephone, were all laid on. The farm buildings included cart shed, harness room, cow stalls, loose box and cattle yard. There was also a farm worker’s cottage. Chipps Farm had 81 acres of land. The house and holding had been let to on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy to Mr. R.J. Stradling, at £270 per annum.

Corsley Mill Farm House, 1947

Corsley Mill Farm House, pictured in 1947, when it was Lot No.31 in the auction sale of a large portion of the Longleat Estate. The auction, held at the Grand Cinema, Frome, on Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th July 1947, was under instructions from Henry Frederick Thynne, the 6th Marquess of Bath, solely for the purpose of paying Death Duties of £700,000. The auction comprised 5,400 acres of land, 20 farms, 23 smallholdings, 3 public houses, 130 cottages, as well as shops and a brickyard, situate in Wiltshire and Somerset. Cooper & Tanner Ltd., were the auctioneers.

In the sale catalogue, Corsley Mill Farm House was described as “A farm house of character, brick and stone built, with tiled roof, and with freestone facings and portico.” The accommodation included a cellar in the basement; while the ground floor comprised a hall; a dining room with built-in cupboards at the side of a fireplace; a drawing room; a kitchen; rear passage; and wash-house. The first floor featured an oak staircase to the landing; two front bedrooms (one with dressing room and built-in cupboard); two bedrooms and a box room. The second floor featured two attics. Adjoining the farm house was a milk-house and a boiler-house, a lawn, a kitchen garden, and a pigsty. There was also a range of agricultural buildings, a farm worker’s cottage, and 36 acres of land. All of this was let on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy to Harold G.L. Mees, at £121 per annum.

Two Watercolours Of Westbury White Horse By Eric Ravilious

Two fabulous watercolours by Eric Ravilious, both featuring Westbury White Horse:

 The Westbury Horse.
Watercolour by Eric Ravilious. 1939.
(DACS/Artist’s estate).
Note the steam train passing by.

 Train Landscape.
Watercolour by Eric Ravilious, 1940.
(DACS/artist’s estate).
Westbury White Horse 
seen from the carriage window.

A Letter From Sir Henry Hoare To Harold Balfour Of The Air Ministry

Stourhead,
Warminster,
Wilts.

July 24th 1940.

Dear Balfour,
Your letter of 22nd July came as a great surprise and shock to me, as Sir Kingsley Wood having decided not to proceed with the proposal I naturally hoped that it would not be again put forward. Mr. Young, the tenant, has cultivated Bonham Farm in an admirable manner and the crops on it are quite outstanding, and its acquisition will undoubtedly be a great loss to agriculture.

In view, however, of the critical state of the war and your vital need of more aerodromes, I feel it would not be right for me to object any further. I must, however, ask that the Air Ministry should write me definitely that they are only requisitioning the land for the period of the war and will not put down hard runways or do anything that could not be easily made good after the war, and that I can absolutely rely on the land being handed back, with compensation under Section 2 (1) (b) of the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 and that the tenants will be compensated for disturbance under Section 2 (1) (d) of the Act.

It is, in my view, a necessity for the sake of the property, the National Trust to whom it is bequeathed and agricultural interests in this district, that there should be no permanent aerodrome here.

Yours sincerely.

Sale Of Live And Deadstock At Glidehurst Farm, Longbridge Deverill

Thursday 29th February 194o

Sale Of Live And Deadstock At Glidehurst Farm, Longbridge Deverill, Owing To Requisition Of The Farm

Advertisement  – Short Notice, Owing to the Farm being Requisitioned. Glidehurst Farm, Longbridge Deverill, Wilts. About 5 miles from Warminster and 7 miles from Frome. Genuine and Totally Unreserved Sale of the Whole of the Live and Dead Farm Stock, including 27 Grand Shorthorn Dairy Cattle, viz. 17 Dairy Cows (with Calf, Springing, in good season or in full milk); 7 rising two-year-old Heifers; 2 Weanling Heifer Calves. Deep Red 17 months old Shorthorn Bull (R.S.). 2 valuable Cart Horses. Implements and Dairy Utensils. Titt’s 28ft. Elevator and Engine (as new). Martin’s Sterilizer and Boiler. 30 Poultry. Rick prime New Hay for removal, about 14 tons, made first week in June. Which Cooper & Tanner Ltd., have been instructed by Mr. R. Burr to Sell by Auction on Thursday, February 29th. Sale at 12 prompt.

Sale Report – Glidehurst Farm, Longbridge Deverill. Owing to the fact that this farm has been requisitioned, Mr. R. Burr instructed Messrs. Cooper and Tanner Ltd., to sell the live and dead farming stock, and they attended the farm for that purpose on Thursday last. It was unfortunate that the weather was so bad, as it kept many people away, and consequently  adversely affected the result. Chain harrows made to £4; horse rake £5 5s.; swathe turner £5 10s.; milk float £5 5s.; elevator £84; putt £13 10s.; mowing machine £9 10s.; sterilizer £14; rick sheet £3 15s.; breeching harness 45s.; Poultry 3s. 6d. Each, etc.; Dairy Cows with Calf at side sold to £35 10s.; in full milk to £29; In-Calvers to £26; fresh Barreners to £32; rising two-year-old Heifers from £18 10s. to £29 10s.; Yearlings £15 10s.; Weaners £7 5s.; Stock Bull £24; Horses 24gns. and 45gns.; Rick of Hay £95; Stump of Hay £18, etc.

Sale Of Shorthorn Cattle, Saddleback Pigs And Implements At Rodmead Farm, Maiden Bradley, 1939

Friday 15th September 1939:

Rodmead Farm, Maiden Bradley, Wilts.
7 miles equi-distant from Frome and Warminster.

Highly important and entirely unreserved sale of
40 exceptionally choice shorthorn calved and down-calving heifers; 2 roan 20-months-old stock bulls.

150 high-class pure-bred Wessex Saddleback pigs comprising 10 sows and gilts with litters or close to farrowing; 37 gilts fit for or shortly ready for service; 84 strong stores and slips.

A  capital assortment of horse-drawn implements and machinery, including more particularly 3 good B.W. Boat Wagons and Trolleys; 2 B.W. Tip Carts; Maundrell No.1 elevator, with Lister engine fitted to frame; Bamford hay loader; Bamford tractor mower; Bamford tedder; Nicholson combined swathe turner and side rake; Parmiter 16-foot horse rake; McCormick binder; 3 single-furrow ploughs. Barn tackle; harness which Messrs. Thompson & Noad have been favoured with instructions from Mr. R.H. Rudler (who is quitting and has largely mechanised the much larger farm to which he is moving) to arrange and sell by auction, on the premises, on Thursday, September 28th, 1939, commencing at 12.30 p.m. punctually with the implements, followed by the pigs and cattle.

Remarks – The Auctioneers with every confidence invite the attendance of dairy farmers, pig breeders and agicuturalists generally to this genuine unreserved sale. The heifers are practically all selected home-bred rich roans and reds. The majority have been running on healthy downs at Horton, Devizes, and will be sure to go away and give satisfaction. They are big-framed animals with robust constitution and show exceptional promise of deep-milking qualities. The sows and gilts  are all from the saddleback herd of Mr. A.J. Butler, of Bromham, and it is sufficient recommendation to state that they are of the similar good type to those which have characterised the annual sales which Mr. Rudler has been holding for the past seven years. The store and slip pigs are strong, healthy, and good doers. The implements, which are being disposed of owing to mechanisation, will be found to be modern and in particularly good condition. Inspection at any time prior to the sale will be welcomed.

Catalogues may be obtained of the Auctioneers, 39 Market Place, Chippenham, and at Melksham, Wilts.

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