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DIRECTORY.] \VILTSlliR E. W AR~UNSTER. 263 Church House, Rev. Henry Robert Whytehead M.A. St. John the Evangelist's, chapel of ease to the parish president . church; 8 a.m. (.rl.U. ), u: a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m Town Hall, Market place, C. H. Lawton, manager St. Laurence, chapel of .ease, daily, except sunday & Fil't' Brigade, acting under contract with Urban District wed. :to a.m. & daily, except fri. & sun. at 6 p.m Council; engine station, The Close; John H. Neat, Christ Church, licensed school chapel, Common; 3 & Market place, capt"Bin; L. Claude Willcox, Portway, 6.30 p.m - boo. sec . Bapt.ist, North row, Rev. Alfred Henry Hawkins; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thursday, 7.30 p.m . TERRITORIAL FORCE. Congregational, 'l'he Close, Rev. George Uppington; 11 Royal Yeomanry (Prince of Wales' Own Royal a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m Regiment), A Squadron (consisting of , Mad­ W esleyan Methodist, George street, Rev. J oseph G leave ;. borough & Troops), Major Lord A. G. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; mon. 8 p.m. ; fri. 7.30 p.m Thynne M.P. commanding; Capt. E. Richardson-Cox, second in command & commanding Warminster Troop; SCHOOLS. Squadron-Sergt.-Major Waiter Barrett, 96 West street, Lord Weymouth's Grammar, Church street, founded: h drill instructor 1707 by Sir Thomas Thynne, first Viscount Wey­ 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, F Company; head mouth, is a first grade ~chool, preparing pupils for.­ quarters, 12 Market place; Capt. George Edward the universities, the civil & military services, the pro­ Vicary; Col.-Sergt. W. Liddiard, drill instructor fessions, the Oxford local examinations & mercantile,. pursuits. It is also a centre for the Oxford local WARMINSTER UNION. examinations. In connection with the school there IS-, a fine swimming bath, a gymnasium, a cricket field,. Office, Workhouse, Sambourne. Board day, every alter­ tennis & fives courts, a workshop & a playground;:· nate monday at 2.15 p.m. at the Workhouse. there are now ( 1911) 66 boys, chiefly boarders, in the . The nnioon comprises the following parishes : Bishop­ school house. The Marquis of Bath is patron; William straw, Boyton, , , Foulkes Blaxter M.A. of St. John's College, Cam­ St. :Nary, Codford St. Peter, , , Hill bridge, h1:ad master; A. G. Topple M.A., R. H. Deverill, H.:>rningsham, Imber, , Longbridge Doidge B.Sc., D. Lidbury, J. Spijkerman & H. Young­ Deverill, , , Stockton, Sut­ husband, resident assistant masters; T. J. Hallett, ton Veny, Uptan. Lovell, & War­ drawing master; Corpl. S. Day, drill, gymnasium, . minster. The population in 1911 was u,449; area, j{)inery, shooting & swimming instructor 58,460 acres; rateable value in 19II, £69,664 Chairman of the Board of Guardians, Rev. G. H. S. W A.RMINSTER COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL.__ Atwood, The Rectory, . Chairman, Rev. H. R. Whytehead M.A _ Clerk to the Gu.ardians & Assessment Committee, Fredk. Secretary, Thomas J. Rushton, 30 George street George Bradbury, Workhouse The ~chool "\"\"as erected about 1903, by the Urban Councif,, Treasurer, Francis J. N. Glass, Capital & Counties Bank, on a site adjoining the Athemeum, at a cost of about· Market pla.ce [.3,ooo, & is available for about 6o pupils. This· Relieving Ofticers & Collect:>rs to the Guardians, No. I school is controlled by the Warminster Secondary district, Tom Cooper, 26 High street, Warminster; School Committee & recognised by the Wilts County No. 2 di:strict, George Edward Rugg, Heytesbury Council & Board of Education as a public secondary Vaccinatioo Officer, William Randall, 8 High street & sC'hool; Eustace E. Dent, head master; Joseph Harris, Bath road, W arminster · art master Collector Qf Poor Rates, Frederi~k Cha1'les Pullin (for Missionary College of St. Boniface, Rev. Canon Sir J. E. Warminster parish), 25 High street, Warminster Philipps bart. M.A. warden; Rev. John Alfred Shar­ Medical Officers & Public Vaccinator!!, Codford St. Peter rock M. A. principal; Rev. Ernest Allan Jullyan M.A. district, J. Nelson Matthews M.D. Codford St. Mary; vice-principal Warminster district, A. H. Macdonald M.D. Warmin­ ster; Heytesbury district, Hammond T. Hinton M.B., ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. C.M. Heytesbury; district, James St. John's, Boreham road (mixed), built in 1871, for 100 Bothwell L.R.C.S.I. children ; average attendance, 92 ; Miss Minnie Land er,.. · The W~il'khouse, Sambourne hill, erected in 1836, at the mistress cost of £7,ooo, is an edifice of brick & stone, &I will hold Christ Church, Common, built in 1872, for 100 children;:: 130 iuma.tes; A. J. Dodd, master; Rev. James Se!!.ior average attendance, 45; Mrs. Annie T~nswell, mistres~t- Stuart M.A. chaplain ; A. H. Macdonald M.D. medical Sambourne Hill, built in 1825, & since enlarged, for I50" officer; Mrs. L. A. Dodd, matron & supt. nurse children; average attendance, 125; James Bartlett, Superintendent Registrar, Warminster district, Frederick master ; (girls &; infants), for ISO children ; average­ George Bradbury, 10 Upper Marsh l'Oad; deputy, H. C. attendance, 115; Miss C. Gregory, mistress Bradbury, 10 Upper Marsh road Vicarage street (girls), built in 1883, for I4S children; Registrars of Births & Deaths, Heytesbury sub-district, average attendance, 59; Miss Priscilla Annie Curtis, George E. Rugg, Heytesbury; deputy, Mrs. G. E. mistress Bugg, Heytesbury; Longbridge Deverill sub-district, Vicarage street (infants), built 1874, for 300 children; James Bothwell, Horningsham; deputy, Waiter Tom average attendance, 70 ; Miss E. Feltham, mistress Thorne, Horningsham; Warminster- sub·district, Wm. The Close (boys), built in 1836, for 2so children; aver-­ Bandall, 8 High street, Warminster; deputy, George age attendance, 110; Samuel Fowler Je:ffries, master· House, 8 High street, W arminster North row (girls), built in 1704, for 130 children; aver-­ Registrar of Marriages, Warminster district, Edwin John age attendance, 82 ; Miss Ashton, mistress Butcher, 21 Silver street; deputy, Sidney Day, II A!!h Common (mixed), built in 1845, & enlarged in 18g8, for- walk 163 children ; average attendance, 124 ; Miss Sarab­ PUBLIC OFFICERS. Amy Green, mistress The Close (infants), built in 1836 & since enlarged, fo:r Collector of Assessed & Land Taxes, Robert Strong, 12 go children ; average attendance, 46 ; Miss M. ·V. Portway Goodland, mistress Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes & Deputy Coroner for Mid Wilts, George Edward Vicary, 53 Market. place Wilts Reformatory (for boys), certified in 1856 for 70 Inspec1illr under "Contagio0us Diseases (Animals) Act," boys & extended & school enlarged in 1902, for 1:00 Waiter F. Scott, County Police station, Ash walk boys (provisionally for 105) ; Rev. George Henry San­ Superintendent of Police, Waiter F. Scott, Ash walk ders Atwood, manager; William Verity,superintendent Bailiff of the Hundred & Manor, Frank Butler, II Mar­ ket place NEWSPAPER. • Warminster & Westbury Journal, Alfred Herbert Coat~s. PLACES OF WORSHIP, with timee of service. proprietor, IS Market place; published fri - The Minster, Rev. Henry Robert Whytehead M. A.. vicar; Rev. John Wilfrid Royds Brocklebank M.A. Rev. RAILWAY STATION. Vincent Randolph Rogers B.A. curates; 8 a.m. (H.C.), Alfred Reeve, station master; James Button & Sons, n a.m. & 2.4s & 7 p.m. ; wed. II.30 a.m.; fri. 7 p.m agents to the cGmpany Christ Church, Rev. J ames Senior Stuart M.A. vicar; - Rev. Thomas Guy Morres, curate; H. C. ISt & 3rd CARRIERS. snndays in month at noon; all sundays at 8.30 a. m. Sutton & Co. (James Button & Sons, agents), East stree~ except rst sunday, 8 a.m. ; II a.m. & 6.30 P:m. ; Chitterne Sidney Polden, from 'Old Bell,' sat. & -wed tnesday, 6.30 p.m. ; wednesday; 10 a.m. ; thnrsday, 7 Codford Mizen & Poolman, ' Three Horse Shoes,' wed. 0 p.m.; friday, 10 a.m ~ sat