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Saturday 17th February 1821
A deed of exchange of land in Warminster; Thomas, Marquess Of Bath and the trustees under the will of John Morgan, dated 17 February 1821, reference: 2102/12, is held by the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, telephone 01249 705500.
From the Salisbury & Winchester Journal, Monday 15th June 1818:
Codford St. Peter, Wilts.
To be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Ryall, on Thursday the 9th day of July next, at three o’clock in the afternoon, at the George Inn, in Codford Saint Peter, near Heytesbury, in the County of Wilts (by order of the Assignees of Mr. Benjamin Rebbeck):- All the Freehold and Leasehold Estates and Premises, of the said Benjamin Rebbeck, situate in the said parish of Codford Saint Peter, consisting of a convenient Dwelling-House, sundry Cottages, about eight Acres of Freehold Land, and about eight Acres of Leasehold Land, for terms absolute and terms determined on lives; which will be offered for sale in ten lots, as fully described in hand-bills distributed in the said parish and its vicinity. – The premises may be seen on application to Mr. Richard Francis, at the George Inn, in Codford Saint Peter; and particulars may be known at the Office of Messrs. Davis and Davis, solicitors, Warminster, Wilts, Frome, Somerset.
From the Salisbury & Winchester Journal, Monday 9th March 1818:
Mr. Whitmarsh held an inquest on Wednesday last, at Brixton Deverill, on the body of Edmund Kerley, who a few days before was ascending a ladder, with some tiles in his hand, to repair a barn, when the ladder gave way, and he fell to the ground. He received so violent a compound fracture, that upwards of 2 inches of the bone stuck in the ground. Verdict – Accidentally killed.
Papers relating to the disappearance of Robert Cockrell, Assessor and Land Tax Collector, can be found in the archives at the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. They are dated 1817. The reference number is PR/Warminster, St. Denys with St. Lawrence/2144/46.
1811
Samuel Barrett, son of Thomas Barrett, of Redenham, near Andover, Hampshire. was apprenticed to Mary Cunnington, linen draper and grocer, of Heytesbury (in the trade of draper and grocer) during 1811.
1808
George Pike, son of widow Ann Pike, of Heytesbury. was apprenticed to William Flower, miller, of Heytesbury (in the trade of miller) during 1808.
An inscription on a plaque on the exterior north-east corner of St. Leonard’s Church, Sutton Veny, recorded by Danny Howell in the early 1990s:
William Lawes (late Schoolmaster of this Parish)
Obt. 30th Janry 1794 aet. 63.
Ann wife of the above
Obt. 24th April 1795 aet. 68.
The Warminster entries in Barfoot & Wilkes Directory 1793-98 include:
Matthew King, lime-burner.
Coroner’s Bills [Entry 1220]
11 Oct Nov 1780. Warminster. John Phelps fell down the cellar stairs at the Angel Inn and was killed. 18 miles. £1 13s. 6d.
The Angel Inn, High Street, Warminster.
From Warminster And District Archive magazine, No.2, Spring 1989:
She Lived In A Tree At Bishopstrow
An unusual obituary notice with a local connection features in The Annual Register for the year 1777. It reads:
“At Bishopstrow, her native place, near Warminster in Wilts, the celebrated Juliana Papjoy, in the 67th year of her age. In her youth she had been the mistress of the famous Nash of Bath, and after her separation from him, she took to a very uncommon way of life. Her principal residence she took up in a large hollow tree, now standing within a mile of Warminster, on a lock of straw, resolving never more to lie in a bed; and she was as good as her word; for she made that tree her habitation for between thirty and forty years, unless when she made her short peregrinations to Bath, Bristol, and the gentlemen’s houses adjacent; and she then lay in some barn or outhouse.”
