Extract from The Changing Face Of Warminster by Wilfred Middlebrook, published in 1971:
The Three Horse Shoes Yard a little further along used to lead to the old rope-walk, where now it leads to the new Central Car Park. The Three Horse Shoes inn was closed in recent years (1968-1969) and the Horse Shoes Yard is also showing signs of this changing face of Warminster. At one time the Town Council had grandiose plans for this quiet backwater, with the idea of creating a new and traffic-free shopping precinct. All but one of the cottages behind the Three Horse Shoes have been demolished, and at the time of writing the whole area is a wilderness.