Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter A.
Rev. John Jeremiah Daniell, in The History Of Warminster, published in 1879, referring to inscribed tablets in Christ Church, Warminster, noted:
On the north wall ~
In memory of Isaac Axford, who died 22 July, 1840, aged 59, and of Mary, his wife, who died 14 Feb. 1865, aged 74 years. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” John xiv. 27.
The Warminster Herald, Saturday 12 January 1878, reported:
SAD GUN ACCIDENT.- On Thursday morning last, Thomas Adlam, a very steady and respectable young man, in the employ of Mr. Holton, landlord of the Ship and Punch Bowl Inn [Silver Street, Warminster], loaded, with a small charge of powder and shot, an old, rusty, and unsafe gun he had obtained possession of, and shot at a thrush in his master’s garden. The barrel burst, and literally shattered his left hand to pieces. The shock was very severe, besides the actual damage to the hand, as may well be supposed when we say that the gun barrel was a mass of fragments, and that the old stock was sent flying several yards from the unfortunate man.
Medical assistance was quickly provided, and it was deemed desirable that the poor man should at once be taken to the Cottage Hospital, which most excellent institution, although having among other patients a somewhat similar case to deal with (the foot instead of the hand), was prepared at once to receive him. The united medical skill of the town, freely given, as at all cases at the hospital, will be devoted to his case, and we trust the poor fellow will pull through.
From The Warminster Herald And General Weekly Advertiser For Wilts., Somerset & Dorset, Saturday 5th July 1873:
Crockerton
On Thursday morning last a man named Elijah Adlam was found by Mrs. Hoddinott, in a barn belonging to her husband, where he had been accustomed to sleep for some time past, in an insensible state. Mr. Willcox was sent for, and he pronounced him to be in a dangerous condition, and had him removed to the Warminster Union, where in the evening of the same day he died. He had lately been drinking a great deal, and had taken very little solid food.
From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 26th September 1868:
George Ashley, labourer in the employ of Mr Robert Coles, of Middleton Farm, sentenced to four months hard labour for stealing a sack of wheat, valued 30 shillings, from his employer on 11th September.
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.
Monday 1st June 1863
Death notice in the Warminster Miscellany (a monthly publication).
June 1863
On the 10th ult., at Frome, Mary Anna, the beloved wife of the Rev. D. Anthony, B.A., and daughter of the late Rev. J.J. Freeman, aged 38 years.
Sunday 1st July 1860
Death notice in the Warminster Miscellany (a monthly publication).
July 1860.
On the 20th ult., at Sutton Veny, Miss Sarah Abbott, aged 54 years.
Saturday 1st January 1859
Death notice in the Warminster Miscellany (a monthly publication).
January 1859
On the 21st ult., Kate, infant daughter of Mr. A. Ashman, currier, aged 3 months.
Wednesday 1st July 1857
Death notice in the Warminster Miscellany (a monthly publication).
July 1857
On the 12th ult., at the Rectory, Boyton, Maria, wife of the Rev. Pelham Stanhope Aldrich, Curate of the above parish.
Saturday 1st December 1855
Death notice in the Warminster Miscellany (a monthly publication).
December 1855.
On the 25th ult., in Ash Walk, Warminster, Miss Aldridge, aged 93.
