Circa 1925:
Harry Ball, with his pipe,
pictured in the Gallery Bridge
area of Imber Road, Warminster,
during the mid-1920s.
Battlesbury Hill in the background.
Harry Ball Pictured At Imber Road, Warminster, Circa 1925
Category: Persons – Surname beginning with B
Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter B.
Sambourne School Headmaster Retires To Dorset
From a list of items in Harold Nelson Dewey’s diaries 1919-1947 (list made by Percy Trollope):
Thursday 31st May 1923
James Bartlett, Headmaster, left Sambourne School. Retired to Dorset.
Humphrey Lewis Blackley, Physician And Surgeon, Warminster
Kelly’s Directory 1923 lists Humphrey Lewis Blackley, B.A., M.D., B.Ch., B.A.O. Dub., physician and surgeon, and medical officer and public vaccinator for Longbridge Deverill district of Warminster union; 26 High Street, Warminster. Telephone 57.
Miss Annie M. Beak, Shopkeeper, 2 Sambourne Road, Warminster
Kelly’s Directory 1923 lists Miss Annie M. Beak, shopkeeper, 2 Sambourne Road, Warminster.
John Baker, Hardware Dealer
Kelly’s Directory 1923 lists John Baker, hardware dealer, 20 Victoria Road, Warminster.
C. Hamilton Barber, 1922
1922
Advertisement:
C. Hamilton Barber,
Auctioneer & Valuer,
Warminster & Westbury.
(Established 1891).
Auction Sales economically conducted
with promptness and efficiency.
Sales in Warminster Market every alternate Saturday.
Valuations for all general purposes carefully made;
Specializing in Valuations for Probate Duty,
Hotel Exchanges, Mines, Mills, Smelters,
Refineries, Builders’ and Contractors’ Plant.
Fire Loss Assessor.
Personal attention. Distance no object.
W.E. Brown, 1922
1922
Advertisement:
W.E. Brown,
Confectioner & Tobacconist.
34 Market Place (opposite the Town Hall), Warminster.
We always have a splendid selection of chocolates
and boiled sweets in stock.
Noted for Brown’s “Tip-Top Ices.”
Residents in Warminster, Surnames beginning with B, 1922
1922
Private residents in Warminster.
Surnames beginning with B.
Miss Mercy Baker, 3 Christ Church Terrace.
Roland James Balch, 38 High Street.
John Ball, 25 Boreham Road.
Claude Hamilton Barber, 18 Vicarage Street.
Mrs. Barnes, Alma Cottage, Church Street.
Frederick Barrett, 3 Weymouth Street.
R. Barrett, Bungalow, Copheap Lane.
John Barnett, 26 Silver Street.
Frederick Bartholomew, Carlton Villa, Portway.
Alfred Luther Baverstock, 27 East Street.
William Alfred Baverstock, 33 Imber Road.
William Arthur Baverstock, The Shrubbery, Pound Street.
Arthur Francis Bazley, Boreham Farm.
Mrs. Beak, 2 Sambourne Road.
Frederick Beale, King’s Bottom, Longleat Woods.
Alfred Beaven, 5 Silver Street.
Edwin Sloper Beaven, Eastway, East Street.
Thomas Bellew, 14 East Street.
Miss Bendle, 25 Emwell Street.
Albert George Best, 2 Furlomg.
William Best, 16 Imber Road.
Ernest Bigwood, Carleon, Imber Road.
Albert Everett Billingham, 93 Portway.
Humphrey Lewis Blackley, 26 High Street.
Edwin James Blackmore, 28 Deverill Road.
William Blomquest, 2 Henford’s Marsh.
Tom Bond, 28 South Street.
George Bottle, 5 Henford’s Marsh.
Mrs. Bond, 50 Portway.
Herbert William Boulton, 3B Ash Walk.
Frederick Bowden, 4 York Terrace, West Street.
John Martin Box, 1 Silver Street.
Frederick George Bradbury, Marshlands, Upper Marsh Road.
Mrs. Bradfield, Oaklands, Boreham Road.
John E. Bromsden, Silver Street (apartment).
Frank Brown, 15 West Street.
Frederick George Brown, Hillwood House, Deverill Road.
George Brown, 41 Portway.
Miss Amy Elizabeth Brown, 21A Silver Street.
William Brown, 34 Market Place.
William Joseph Brownell, 22 Fore Street.
Charles Bryant, 32 George Street.
George Frederick Bull, 12A Vicarage Street.
John Bull, 19 Victoria Road.
William Henry Bull, Avenue Cottage, The Close.
Charles Edgar Bundock, 36 Sambourne Road.
Frederick John Burgess, West Parade.
Henry John Burgess, Emwell Cross House, Vicarage Street.
Mrs. Burgess, 16 Silver Street.
Samuel Burgess, 3, 4 and 5 Brook Street.
William Henry Burgess, 30 Pound Street.
Mrs. Burton, Portway House.
Walter Stanley Burton, 21 Brook Street.
Francis James Bush, 17 Vicarage Street.
Francis Stephen Bush, 5 South Street.
Frank Bush, 27 Vicarage Street.
George Bush, 33 George Street.
George Hubert Bush, 5 Deverill Road.
Herbert Henry Bush, 27 Emwell Street.
Martin Ernest Bush, 32 Market Place.
Edwin John Butcher, 21 Silver Street.
Ernest James Butcher, 15A Silver Street.
Frederick Arthur Butcher, 1 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street.
Frederick William Butcher, 39 George Street.
Mrs. Butcher, 1 Brook Street.
Robert Bendall Butcher, Sunnyside, Boreham Road.
John Butler, 3 St. John’s Terrace, Boreham Road.
Mrs. Butler, 11 Market Place.
Edgar Channing Butt, 1 West Street.
Sidney Chaffey Butt, Oxendean Farm, Imber Road.
Archibald Button, 97 Portway.
Ernest Samuel Button, 27 George Street.
Frederick James Button, 5 East Street.
Harold Ewart Button, 31 North Row.
James Button, 36 Boreham Road.
Warminster Directory 1916, Private Residents, Surnames Beginning With B
Warminster Directory 1916
Private Residents
Surnames Beginning With B
Mr. F. Bartholomew, Carlton Villa.
Mr. J. Barter, 20 Portway.
Mr. A.F. Bazley, Boreham Farm.
Mrs. Bazley, Rock Villa.
Mr. E.S. Beaven, Eastway.
Miss Birch, Boreham Villas.
Mr. W.F. Blaxter, M.A., Grammar School House.
Mr. F.G. Bradbury, Marshlands.
Mr. E.J. Bradfield, J.P., Oaklands.
Colonel H. Burton, Portway House.
Warminster Residents – Surnames Beginning With B, 1908
From Collins Almanac And West Wilts Directory, 1908:
Miss Baker, 3 Christ Church Terrace.
T. Ball, Smallbrook Lane.
Mrs. Barber, 31 George Street.
W. Barnett, School House, Vicarage Street.
W. Barrett, Yeomanry Sergeant Major, 96 West Street.
J. Barter, 19 Silver Street.
F. Bartholomew, Weymouth Street.
Bartlett & Co., brewers (G. Gerard, manager), High Street.
J. Bartlett, school master, Teddington House.
R. Bass, grocer, 5 George Street.
J. Batchelor, caretaker, 3 Weymouth Street.
A.L. Baverstock, dealer, 7 Furlong.
S. Baverstock, tailor, 44 Vicarage Street.
W.A. Baverstock, confectioner, 20 East Street.
Mrs. Frances Bayly, Eastway.
A.F. Bazley, Boreham Farm.
Miss C. a’Court Beadon, St. Andrews.
W.J. Beak, 2 Sambourne Road.
E. Beale, Prudential superintendent, 31 Market Place.
F. Beale, keeper, King’s Bottom.
F. Beale, bank manager, Market Place.
F. Beardsley, weights and measures inspector, Ingleside.
E.S. Beaven, maltster, 5 Boreham Terrace.
T. Bellew, East Street.
Mrs. Bendle, 1 Boreham Terrace.
E. and G. Berry, shirt and collar makers (J. Webster, manager), Pound Street Factory.
Mrs. Best, manageress of sub-post office, 27 Boreham.
W. Best, Imber Road.
Mrs. Bigwood, Boreham Road.
F. Bird & Co., coal merchants (J. Collier, manager), G.W.R. Station.
Mrs. Bird, 37 Silver Street.
Mrs. Bishop, 37 Boreham Road.
P.H. Bishop, organist, 37 Market Place.
S. Blake, Jubilee Cottage, Boreham Road.
W. F. Blaxter, M.A., head master, Grammar School, Church Street.
T. Bond, 37a Boreham Road.
J. Box, Magnet restaurant, Silver Street.
F. Bradbury, clerk to the Guardians, 33 Silver Street.
E.J. Bradfield, miller, Oaklands.
E. Bristow, bootmaker, 16 Furlong.
Rev. J.W. Brocklebank, M.A., curate, Teify House.
R. Brobribb, Trevena.
C. Brown, fishmonger, 17 George Street.
G. Brown, 7 Ash Walk.
Miss Brown, Woodbine Cottage.
S. Brown, 5 Hillwood.
W.H. Bull, Avenue Cottage.
L.R. Bunn, inland revenue officer, The Cottage.
W.J. Burch, assistant master, Grammar School.
F.W. Burford, 12 Boreham Road.
F. Burgess, confectioner, 45 Vicarage Street.
H.J. Burgess, 2 Vicarage Street.
S. Burgess, shopkeeper, 3, 4 and 5 Brook Street.
W.H. Burgess, 30 Pound Street.
H. Burrows, haulier, 4 Topp’s Lane.
A.B. Burton, 21 Brook Street.
Col. Burton, Portway House.
E.G. Burton, hurdle maker, 22 West Street.
G. Burton, hurdle maker, 19 West Street.
F. Bush, Lamb Inn.
F.S. Bush, 5 South Street.
G. Bush, 28 George Street.
H.H. Bush, 14 West Street.
J. Bush, 4 Coldharbour.
J. Bush, 46 Boreham Road.
M.E. Bush, manager of Cooperative Stores, 31 Market Place.
Mrs. Bush, 4 Deverill Road.
W. Bush, 19 Vicarage Street.
E.J. Butcher, confectioner, 21 Silver Street.
F. Butcher, insurance agent, 29 Brook Street.
H.J. Butcher, Globe Inn.
R. Butcher & Son, builders, George Street.
R.B. Butcher, 39 George Street.
F. Butler, manager of market tolls, 11 Market Place.
J. Butler, 3 St. John’s Terrace.
J.F. Butler, farm bailiff, Oldfields Farm.
Mrs. Butler, milliner, 11 Market Place.
Mrs. Butt, 61 Vicarage Street.
Button & Sons, coal merchants, East Street.
A. Button, 91 Portway.
E.S. Button, 1 East Street.
F.J. Button, coal merchant, Jasmine Cottage.
J. Button, railway agent and general carrier, 36 Boreham Road.