Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter O.
1922
Private residents in Warminster,
Surnames beginning with O
Russell Ernest Oakley, 14 Boreham Road.
Captain Arthur Hugh Oldham, R.N., Downside, Portway.
James Oldnell, 5 Ash Walk.
John Henry Oliffe, 1 West View Villas, Pound Street.
Harold Aden O’Malley, 4 Market Place.
Michael O’Shea, 84 Portway.
Reginald Lewis Osmond, Emwell House, Church Street.
Oliver Overton, Weymouth Street.
Albert Edward Overy, 15 Imber Road.
From Dogs And All About Them by Robert Leighton (1859 – 1934), published by Cassell And Company, 1919:
The Bloodhound
Mrs. G. A. Oliphant, of Shrewton, Wilts, whose kennels include Chatley Blazer and Chatley Beaufort, has of late years been a keen supporter of the breed. Mrs. Oliphant, who is the president of the ladies’ branch of the Kennel Club, is a great believer in hounds being workers first and show hounds second, and her large kennels have produced many hounds of a robust type and of good size and quality. There is no doubt that as far as hunting is concerned at the present moment this kennel stands easily first. But admirable Bloodhounds have also given distinction to the kennels of Mr. S. H. Mangin, Dr. Sidney Turner, Mr. Mark Beaufoy, Mr. F. W. Cousens, Mr. A. O. Mudie, Lord Decies, Mr. Hood Wright, Mr. A. Croxton Smith, Dr. C. C. Garfit, Dr. Semmence, and Mrs. C. Ashton Cross, to mention only a few owners and breeders who have given attention to this noble race of dog.
Saturday 5th October 1907
The Slippery State Of Boreham Road, Warminster, Particularly Between Heronslade And St. John’s Church.
A letter written by Major Oldfield, of Heronslade, Boreham Road, Warminster, which he sent to the Clerk of Warminster Urban District Council:
“October 5th 1907.
Dear Sir,
I should like to draw the attention of the Warminster U.D.C. to the state of the road between this house and Warminster, and particularly that part of it between here and St. John’s Church. It has apparently at some time been treated with a so-called dust-preventing mixture, the effect of which has been to render it exceedingly slippery in parts, and absolutely dangerous to horses, especially when wet. What might have been a serious accident occurred there today to my wife, while riding, whose horse slipped on the treacherous surface and came down. I should add that the road is very much worn in places, which renders it all the more dangerous. I shall be obliged if you will lay this letter before your Council at their next meeting, with the suggestion that the road be paved in future with ordinary macadam, as, in addition to its present dangerously slippery state, the clouds of dust are worse than those from the untreated portion of the road”.
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.
Victoria County History Of Wiltshire, Volume 8, page 114:
The earliest known surgeon [in Warminster] was Robert Olden who flourished in 1620.
