From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 1st August 1868:
Died. July 28th at Boreham, Mr Charles Holdaway, aged 27.
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14 Days Hard Labour For Woman Who Slept In An Outhouse
Saturday 18th July 1868
14 Days Hard Labour
Warminster. Eliza Snow, an old woman who has been before the magistrates a score of times for various offences, was sentenced to 14 days hard labour for sleeping in an outhouse near the fair field.
Harry Haden Has Reached India
From the Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.7, Vol.5, July 1868:
Our readers will rejoice to hear that Mr. Harry Haden, after a splendid voyage of little more than three months, has reached India, and is in comfortable quarters at Bishop’s College, Calcutta, where he will probably remain until October. He writes in capital spirits and gives an interesting account of his voyage, in which he endeavoured in the absence of any clergyman, to make himself useful to the crew.
Baptisms At St. Denys Church, Warminster
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, March 1868:
St. Denys Church, Baptisms
February 8th 1868 – Edward, son of William and Mary Humphries Poolman, West Street.
February 12th 1868 – Arthur, son of Albert and Harriet Orchard, West Street.
Burial At St. John’s Churchyard, Warminster
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, March 1868:
St. John’s Church, Burial
February 27th 1868 – Edward Smith, Boreham Road, 5 years.
Miss Sarah Callaway Left £50 In Her Will To The Missions Of The Church Of England
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:
Miss Sarah Callaway, who lived for many years as servant to the family of the Vicar, has left by her will, £50 to the Missions of the Church of England.
Stained Glass Window In Memory Of William Seagram And His Family
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:
A stained-glass window has just been erected in the north aisle of the Parish Church, to the memory of the late Mr. William F. Seagram, his wife, only son, and third daughter, by several members of his family. The window is by Messrs. Clayton and Bell, and is of very beautiful colouring. The subject is the Resurrection; our risen Lord in the central compartment, the Maries on the left hand, and SS. Peter and John on the right.
Rev. E. Burbidge Has Accepted Senior Curacy
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:
Rev. E. Burbidge, M.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for some five years curate of Aldbourne, in this Diocese, has accepted the senior curacy of this parish. He is, however, unable to come to reside before January.
Mission House Ordinations
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:
Mission House – We record with thankfulness the ordination of another of our pupils. Mr. Frederick Axford, of Sutton Veny (formerly of Warminster) was ordained by the Bishop of Salisbury, at Wimborne Minster, on September twenty-second, for work in Nova Scotia. Mr. Bower, who was ordained Trinity Sunday, has since started for his future field of work, Travancore, in Southern India. It is proposed to hold the Mission House Anniversary on Monday, October seventh.
Bequests Left By Mr. Joseph Pocock
From The Warminster Parish Magazine And Church Register, No.10, Vol.4., October 1867:
The following bequests have been left by our respected townsman Mr. Joseph Pocock, of Church Street, who died at the advanced age of ninety-three, to various charitable institutions of the town and neighbourhood: The Salisbury Infirmary £100; Bath United Hospital £100; Salisbury Church Building Society £100; Wilts Friendly Society £200; Warminster National Schools £30; Warminster Aged Poor Society £50; Warminster Blanket Lending Society £50.