Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter B.
From Church, Warminster & District, January 1981:
St. John The Baptist, Horningsham
Funeral, 9th December 1980, Florence Barnes.
The death of Mrs. Barnes has taken from our earthly friendship one who had been central to the life of the parish for a very long time. Her service to the village in the Post Office, her friendship to all and her love for her family will not easily be forgotten and we send Mr. Barnes our affectionate sympathy.
Newspaper report, dated Friday 30th March 1979:
Cremation At Bristol Follows Minster Church Funeral Service.
The funeral service took place at the Minster Church, Warminster, followed by cremation at Arno’s Vale Crematorium, Bristol, on Wednesday, 21st March of Mr. Harry Ball of 5 Furlong, Warminster, who died on 13th March, aged 76 years.
The Rev. W.I. Crombie conducted the service and Mr. P. Binns presided at the organ. The 23rd Psalm was sung to the Crimmond setting, and the hymn Jesu lover of my soul was also sung.
Mourners were as follows:
Mrs. Norah Ball (wife);
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ball (son and daughter-in-law);
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Howell (son-in-law and daughter), also rep Mrs. Margery Ball, sister-in-law, Westbury;
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Turner (son-in-law and daughter);
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Boyle (son-in-law and wife, Bristol);
Mr. Eddie Ball (brother, Bristol) also rep Mr. Bert Ball and Mr. Percy Ball (brothers).
Mrs. Edmonds (friend);
Mr. and Mrs. David Ball (grandson and wife);
Mr. Danny Howell (grandson) rep Drum Major Geoffrey Blackshaw, B.E.M., and Mrs. Sally Blackshaw, granddaughter, also Stephen and Tony Blackshaw, great grandsons, Germany;
Mr. Stephen Ball (grandson);
Master Christopher Turner (grandson);
Master Michael Turner (grandson) also rep Master David Turner (grandson);
Mr. Antony Boyle (grandson, Bristol);
Mr. Sean Boyle (grandson, Bristol) also rep Master Phillip Boyle (grandson, Bristol);
Master David Boyle (grandson, Bristol);
Mr. Jerry Carmody (brother-in-law);
Mr. Lew Ransome (nephew, Southampton);
Miss Pat Ransome (niece, Southampton);
Mrs. Chrissie Lee (niece, Southampton);
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Price (niece, Bargoed);
Mrs. Rhoda Cleaver (niece, Bargoed).
Friends present included Mr. G. Curtis (rep Mrs. Curtis), Mr. and Mrs. R. Slow, Mrs. Randall (rep Mr. Randall (rep Mr. Randall and family), Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Woods, Mrs. Lee, Mr. R. Webber, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Lacey, Mr. F. Curtis (rep Mrs. D. Curtis), Mrs. Byfield (rep family).
Floral Tributes:
In loving memory of our Dad from Mum, Gwen and Ben, Philip and Edna, Diana and Bernard, Jimmy and May. At rest.
In loving memory of Dear Granddad from Sally and Geoffrey, David and Gillian, Danny, Stephen, Christopher, Michael, David, also Great-grandsons Stephen and Tony. ‘God bless.’
Donations in lieu of floral tributes are being sent to Warminster Hospital.
Funeral arrangements were ably carried out by Messrs. F. Curtis & Son, Funeral Directors of Portway, Warminster.
Mrs. N. Ball and Family would like to express their sincere thanks to all relatives, friends and neighbours for their messages of sympathy and for the donations which are being sent to Warminster Hospital. Thanks also to Dr. C.H. Browne and the Ambulance men for all their kindness; thanks also to F. Curtis and Son for the funeral arrangements.
A gravestone inscription at St. John’s Churchyard, Sutton Veny, recorded by Danny Howell in the 1990s:
Arthur C. Bull
Secretary Of W.A.D.S.
Of Sutton Veny and London
Died 2 Jan 1945
God gave him time to do the work he loved.
Also of Ida Maud – his wife
Died 9 October 1973
Aged 78 years
County Advisor to the Wiltshire Dairy Students.
1968
Advertisement:
R. Bull
Wiltshire Farmers Limited, Rep.
2 Grange Lane, Warminster.
Telephone 2461.
1968
Advertisement:
R.W. Bone,
Building Contractors and Plant Hire,
Carsons Yard, Warminster.
Telephone 2228.
South West Heritage Trust: Somerset Archive Catalogue includes the following document:
Letter to B. W. Burgess, Esquire, Warminster regarding No. 27 Broad Street. 22 September 1966.
Reference Number 0358/2/23
Repository: B&NES Record Office
Deeds to various properties in Bath. The Wheatsheaf, 27 Broad Street, Bath.
Thursday 4th April 1963
Wanted, a light roller.
Apply to Miss Butterworth, Benrose, King Street, Warminster.
Telephone Warminster 2423.
From the West Wilts Directory, 1951:
Warminster. (List of Trades Council And Trade Unions). National Union Of Furniture Makers. Secretary, Mr. E.W.R. Bassett, 85 West Street.
1942
Ernest Charles Feaver Bown of Abbotsford, Boreham Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, died 29th May 1942. Probate at Winchester on 31st August 1942, to Edward Whiteley Bartlett, solicitor; Leonard Owen Taylor, bank official; Henry Rew Taylor, farmer; and William Ernest Bown, farm worker. Effects £5,334 3s. 11d.
Danny Howell writes:
Ernest Warren’s successor as Postmaster at Warminster was Arthur James Bartholomew – a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bartholomew of Carlton Villa, Portway, Warminster, and uncle of Freddie Bartholomew, the little boy who left Warminster for Hollywood and film star fame.
Arthur James Bartholomew’s appointment as Postmaster at Warminster in 1935 marked his return to the town after an absence of 23 years. He had been at one time a sorting clerk and telegraphist at Warminster Post Office but in 1912 left for the Central Telegraph Office in London. He held several subsequent appointments and prior to coming to Warminster was, from 1926, at the Highbridge Sub-Office, Bridgwater, Somerset.
Mr. Bartholomew resided at 11 Bath Road, Warminster. He left Warminster in July 1940 to be Head Postmaster at Blandford in Dorset. Mr. Read (Post Office Supervisor) continued the duties of Head Postmaster until a successor to Mr. Bartholomew was appointed (W. Smart).
