Category: Berwick St. James: People

Silver Award For Licensees Of The Boot Inn, Berwick St. James

Thursday 3rd January 2013

Giles and Cathy Dickinson, the licensees of The Boot Inn, at Berwick St. James, gained a silver award in the Food Pub of the Year category of a competition sponsored by Brake Bros. & Walter Rose Butchers. They were presented with their prize at the annual Wadworth Brewery awards ceremony. Awards are given to the best performing pubs in the 240 strong public house portfolio owned by Wadworth Brewery. Giles Dickinson and Cathy are both trained chefs, use local produce where possible, and are passionate about traditional British food.

War Memorial Plaque At Berwick St. James

Recorded by Danny Howell, August 1992:

War Memorial Plaque, inside the Church of St. James, Berwick St. James

The wording reads –

In Memory of the men of this
Parish who gave their lives in the War

Col Sergt Frank Cecil Blanchard
Lance Corpl Frank George Brice
Gunner William Draper
Leonard Humphries
Pte William Arthur Elliott Witchell
Herbert Cyril Smith

1914 Their name liveth for evermore 1918

and in memory of
R.A. Sanderson 1939-1945
J.F.D. Kilburn 1949-1950

Two Girls Represented Stapleford And Berwick St. James At The Salisbury Triumph

From the Wylye Deanery Magazine, July 1967:

Stapleford and Berwick St. James . . . . . Two days later at the Salisbury Triumph parishes were asked to be represented by a girl in white aged between eight and eleven. Susie Emm and Joy Hibberd were our representatives and everyone seems agreed it was a memorable day. It is reported that near £5,000 was raised over the weekend and that the halfway mark to the appeal target has already been reached. To the question Does an ancient building such as our cathedral serve a worthwhile purpose? The answer of public opinion is evidently, Yes.

Berwick St. James, Paupers 1838

WILTON UNION

A LIST OF PAUPERS BELONGING TO THE ABOVE PARISH WHO HAVE BEEN RELIEVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING 23 JUNE 1838:

William Adlam, of Wilton Union Workhouse, aged 21 years, idiot.

Thomas Barrett’s wife, of Ditchampton, aged 41 years, Husband in prison.

Sarah Carter, of Berwick St. James, aged 63 years, infirm.

Thomas Carter, of Wilton Union Workhouse, aged 69 years, idiot.

Ann Cooper, of Berwick St. James, aged 82 years, infirm.

Ann Day, of Berwick St. James, aged 22 years, no work.

Sarah Day, of Berwick St. James, aged 57 years, infirm.

Elizabeth Draper, of Winterbourne Stoke, aged 55 years, infirm.

Abraham Gilbert, of Wilton Union Workhouse, aged 16 years, idiot.

Mary Gilbert, of Berwick St. James, aged 66 years, infirm.

Charity Keele, of Berwick St. James, aged 4 years, bastard.

Mary Light, of Berwick St. James, aged 7 years, orphan.

Susannah Light, of Berwick St. James, aged 72 years, infirm.

Thomas Light, of Berwick St. James, aged 5 years, orphan.

Ann Marshal, of Berwick St. James, aged 33 years, widow with a family.

Elizabeth Marshall, of Berwick St. James, aged 51 years, widow with a family.

William Monday, of Berwick St. James, aged 73 years, infirm.

Ann Parker, of Berwick St. James, aged 48 years, illness.

James Putty, of Berwick St. James, aged 78 years, infirm.

Mary Williams, of Berwick St. James, aged 83 years, infirm.

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