Persons – Surname beginning with T – Page 5

John Wallis Titt & Co. Ltd.

Wilfred Middlebrook in The Changing Face Of Warminster, first written in 1960, updated 1971, noted:

John Wallis Titt & Co.Ltd.
A really long-established business is represented by the Woodcock Engineering Works of John Wallis Titt And Co. Ltd. John Wallis Titt started the business in Portway, in a building that is still used as a workshop by Curtis And Son, the builders, funeral contractors and monumental masons. Titt moved to Woodcock in 1877, buying Woodcock House and the row of cottages that still adjoins the works. In those days Woodcock Road was mainly a mud track, and old-time employees of the firm recall how they used to hop from one hedgerow to the other in an effort to avoid the deep mud as one went to work at six in the morning. If the bell went before the works’ entrance had been reached, the unlucky workman had to cool his heels in the lane until nine o’clock. A similar practice was in force at the Crockerton Silk Factory in those days, when factory girls were locked out for several hours if they failed to enter the works before the bell went at six.

It was John Wallis Titt who finally made a proper road as far as the works, and it has fallen to the military authorities to carry it through to Boreham Crossroads. Titt was in charge at Woodcock from 1877 to 1903, in which time he built up the works and made a name in this country and abroad as a pioneer of wind engines. One of his earliest wind engines was erected at Boyle Hall, West Ardley, in Yorkshire, for generating electricity for lighting the mansion. Another large windmill and pumping plant was erected for the Italian Government at Margherita di Savoia, and was used for raising sea water for distribution in vapourising beds for the production of salt. With a wind velocity of around eighteen miles per hour, this installation could supply nearly 284,000 gallons of water per hour.

It is also interesting to recall that the firm of John Wallis Titt sunk the wells for the Heytesbury Waterworks in 1892. Lady Heytesbury turned the first sod on Bowlesbury Knoll with a solid brass spade with a boxwood handle inscribed ‘Presented to Lady Heytesbury on the occasion of turning the first sod of the Heytesbury Waterworks, July 12th, 1892. John Wallis Titt, Engineer.’ The sources of this ambitious scheme were detected and marked by a water diviner carrying a forked hazel rod.

Transport And General Workers’ Union, 1951

From the West Wilts Directory, 1951:

Warminster. (List of Trades Council And Trade Unions). Transport And General Workers’ Union. Steward, Mr. B. Taylor, 8 Imber Road.

Thomas Thynne ~ Marquess of Bath

From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:

Marquess of Bath. British title. In 1789, Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1734-96), long a secretary of state, was made marquess of Bath, and the title is still held by his descendants. The family seat is Longleat, and the eldest son is called Viscount Weymouth.

The Estate Of Alec John Buckeridge Titt

From The London Gazette, 8th January 1929:

ALEC JOHN BUCKERIDGE TITT, Deceased. Pursuant to the Trustee Act, 1925. NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons having any claim against the estate of the above named, deceased, lately carrying on business at Woodcock Ironworks, Warminster, Wilts., under the name of John Wallis Titt & Co, Engineers and Ironfounders, and residing at Belmont, Boreham-road, Warminster aforesaid, who died on the 21st August, 1928, and probate of whose Will was granted on the 7th day of November, 1928, by the Salisbury District Probate Registry to Elsie Beatrice Titt, Colston Thomas George Hale and Edward Solomon Hare, the executors, are hereby required to send written particulars thereof to the undersigned, on or before the 15th day of March, 1929, after which date the executors will proceed to distribute the said estate, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice.â€”Dated this 2nd day of January, 1929. G. E. VICARY, 40, Market-place, Warminster, Wilts., Solicitor for the Executors.

The Estate Of Alec John Buckeridge Titt, Of Belmont, Boreham Road, Warminster

Wednesday 2nd January 1929

ALEC JOHN BUCKERIDGE TITT, Deceased.

Pursuant to the Trustee Act, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons having any claim against the estate of the above named, deceased, lately carrying on business at Woodcock Ironworks, Warminster, Wilts., under the name of John Wallis Titt & Co., Engineers and Ironfounders, and residing at Belmont, Boreham-road, Warminster aforesaid, who died on the 21st August, 1928, and probate of whose Will was granted on the 7th day of November, 192S, by the Salisbury District Probate Registry to Elsie Beatrice Titt, Colston Thomas George Hale and Edward Solomon Hare, the executors, are hereby required to send written particulars thereof to the undersigned, on or before the 15th day of March, 1929, after which date the executors will proceed to distribute the said estate, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice.â€”Dated this 2nd day of January, 1929.

G. E. VICARY, 40, Market-place, Warminster, Wilts., Solicitor for the Executors.

Residents In Warminster, Surnames Beginning With T, 1922

1922
Private residents in Warminster.
Surnames beginning with T

Walter William Talbot, 9 Sambourne Road.

Harry Tanswell, 16 High Street.

Walter James Tanswell, 55 Market Place.

Albert Taylor, 7 Imber Road.

Arthur Austin Taylor, Berry Villa, West Street.

Edwin Taylor, 22 Victoria Road.

Eli Taylor, 24 Imber Road.

Ernest Arthur Taylor, 3 Furlong.

Frank Taylor, 30 Vicarage Street.

James Taylor, 3 Jubilee Terrace, West Street.

John Thomas Taylor, 73 Pound Street.

Arthur Thompson, 21 George Street.

Albert Thomas, King’s Bottom.

Miss Thompson, 17 North Row.

Frederick James Thuell, 1 Ash Walk.

William Tichener, 1 Boreham Cottages.

William James Tisseman, Torwood, Boreham Road.

Henry Timms, Upton Cottage, Victoria Road.

Alec John Buckeridge Titt, Belmont, Boreham Road.

Henry Charles Titt, Linton Cottage, Imber Road.

Herbert Charles Titt, 17 Imber Road.

Mrs. Titt, Dresden Villa, Vicarage Street.

Rev. J.W.S. Tomlin, M.A., (St. Boniface College), Hill Lodge, Sambourne.

Misses Toogood, 45 Boreham Road.

Alfred George Topple, M.A., Grammar School, Church Street.

Rev. Christopher Townson, Wilts Farm School.

Robert Andrew Tranent, 33 Market Place.

Frederick Trapp, 75 West Street.

Miss Trimby, 30 West Street.

William Henry Trivett, 15 Victoria Road.

Frank Trollope, 86 West Street.

Maurice George Trollope, 3 Bleeck’s Buildings, West Street.

Mrs. Ellen Trollope, 18 Silver Street.

Thomas Trollope, Laburnum Cottage, Victoria Road.

William Trollope, Pound Street House.

Charles Tryhorn, 19 Vicarage Street.

George Tucker, 96 Portway.

Miss Mary Ann Tucker, 1 North Row.

Mrs. Sarah Tucker, 9A The Close.

Peter Tucker, 4 Hillwood.

Stuart William Tucker, 22 Marsh Street.

Charles Edward Turner, 23 Deverill Road.

Charles William Turner, 17 Brook Street.

Francis Henry Turner, 2 Excelsior Cottages, Marsh Street.

Frederick Charles Turner, 30 Boreham Road.

Herbert Musselwhite Turner, Westleigh, Pound Street.

Mrs. Sarah Ann Turner, 72 Portway.

Percy James Turner, 18 West Street.

Thomas Turner, 5 Bread Street.

Thomas Henry Turner, 61 Vicarage Street.

William John Turner, 19 Deverill Road.

William Moses Ponton Turner, 32 Sambourne Road.

Ownership Voters, Warminster, 1894 ~ 1895, Surnames Beginning With T

Warminster (Parliamentary) Polling District
District BB
Parish of Warminster
Ownership Voters
Parliamentary Voters and Parochial Electors.

Surnames beginning with T in alphabetical order

Name of Voter: Walter James Tanswell.
Place ~ Abode: Imber Road, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Imber Road, Warminster.

Name of Voter: George Henry Thatcher.
Place ~ Abode: Welton Cottage, Midsomer Norton, Bath.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold malthouse.
Description of Qualifying Property: 12 Vicarage Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: John Wallis Titt.
Place ~ Abode: Woodcock House, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Woodcock House, Warminster.

Name of Voter: James Cornelius Toogood.
Place ~ Abode: Imber Road, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Imber Road, Warminster.

Name of Voter: William Toogood.
Place ~ Abode: 27 Emwell Street, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold cottage.
Description of Qualifying Property: 27 Emwell Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: William Carson Toone.
Place ~ Abode: 22 East Street, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold foundry.
Description of Qualifying Property: 21 East Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: George Trollope.
Place ~ Abode: 2 Boreham Terrace, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: East Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: Henry Trollope.
Place ~ Abode: 3 Silver Street, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Silver Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: William Trollope.
Place ~ Abode: 3 East Street, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold houses.
Description of Qualifying Property: 37, 38 and 39 Portway, Warminster.

Name of Voter: Herbert Musselwhite Turner.
Place ~ Abode: 25 Market Place, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: Lime Cottage, 28 Back Street, Warminster.

Name of Voter: James Turner.
Place ~ Abode: 25 Market Place, Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Freehold house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 25 Market Place, Warminster.

J.W. Titt Emphasises The Advantages Of The Steam Roller

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 18th June 1887:

Warminster. The Advantages Of The Steam Roller.
At the Local Board meeting Mr. J.W. Titt said few of them were acquainted with the advantages of steam rollers in laying down stones. They were in use in large towns and were saving the ratepayers 25 per cent. He understood the Marquis of Bath was to engage one to lay a road at Longleat and he thought the Board should hire it while it was in the district, at a cost of £2 a day. [After some discussion, the matter was adjourned for a month.]

1841 Census: James Dutch Was The Brewer At The East Street Brewery, Warminster

The 1841 Census for Warminster records William Trapp (a stone mason) and his family living in the house at East Street which later became the Masons Arms public house.

The next entry in the census records James Dutch, brewer, aged 25, born in Wiltshire. (A reference to the brewhouse at East Street).

William Trapp’s first wife was Susannah Dutch.

A Meeting Concerning The Bankruptcy Of John Tivitoe Thring Of Warminster

From The London Gazette, 13th January 1837 (page 102):

The creditors who have proved their debts under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against John Tivitoe Thring, of Warminster, in the county of Wilts, Scrivener, not having attended the meeting advertised to be holden at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster, on Wednesday the 28th day of December last, inconsequence of the severity of the weather and the stoppage of the roads by snow, the said creditors are now hereby requested to meet the assignees of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt, on Monday the 6th day of February next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Bath Arms Inn, in Warminster aforesaid, in order to take into consideration the matters of a certain petition presented to the Honourable the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, on or about the 1st day of November last, by Joseph Everett and John Ravenhill, of Warminster aforesaid, Bankers and Copartners, creditors of tbe said bankrupt, touching the deposit of certain deeds, instruments, and securities made by the said bankrupt with the said petitioners from time to time previous to the date and issuing forth of the said fiat to cover advances made by the said petitioners to, for, or on account of the said bankrupt, which said petition came on for hearing on Tuesday, the 15th day of November last, where upon the said Honourable Court did make certain orders and directions touching and concerning the matters therein referred to, full particulars whereof will be laid before such meeting; and to assent to or dissent from the assignees adopting all such measures as they in their discretion shall see fit or consider most advantageous towards compromising, settling and adjusting or relinquishing and abandoning any matter, claim or dispute relating to the said petition and the matters therein set forth in order to protect the said Bankrupt’s estate from any further costs or expences concerning the same, or in prosecuting or defending any suit or suits at law or in equity, or other proceedings therein, and otherwise to authorise and empower the said assignees to make, and accept such terms and agreements with the said petitioners touching or relating to the matters aforesaid, any or either of them, as the said assignees shall think most advisable ; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees paying and defraying certain costs, charges, and expences incurred, previous and subsequent to the issuing and opening the fiat against the said bankrupt, in and about the preparation and completion of a certain deed of assignment of the whole of the said bankrupt’s real and personal estate and effects for the benefit of his general creditors; also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees giving and delivering up to the wife of the said bankrupt certain jewels, trinkets, and ornaments of the person, part of the said bankrupt’s estate yet remaining undisposed of; and also to assent to or dissent from the said assignees commencing, prosecuting, or defending any actions at law, or suits in equity, or petition in the Court of Review, for recovery or protection of the said bankrupt’s estate and effects, or any part thereof, and in supporting and establishing the validity of the said fiat, and compounding any debt or debts, or submitting to arbitration, or otherwise agreeing or settling any matter, claim, or dispute with any person or persons whomsoever, touching or concerning the said bankrupt’s estate and effects; and to assent to or dissent from the course and proceedings adopted by the said assignees relating to the said bankrupt’s affairs since their appointment, and up to the day of meeting hereby convened; and generally to authorise, and empower the said assignees to act for the benefit of the said bankrupt’s estate as they may deem most proper and advantageous; and on other special affairs.