244 TROWBRIDGE. WILTSHIRE. [KELLY'~ Trowbridge is included in the Southern Military Com- George Keate F.R.S., F_S.A. a literary character and mand. The aTtillen. barracb, on the Frame road, poet, was born here in I729, and died 27 June, 17,97· The are available for about rso men, and are now occupied site of the old castle, held by the Empress Matilda agains\ by the K battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Step hen, may be recognised by a mound called '' Court The Widows' Almshouses, in Roundstone street, have hill," but the castle itself has long disappeared. an endowment left by Henry, Edward and William Trowbridge, in the earliest records called Straburgh, Yerbury in 169S, now producing £120 yearly, from lands was formerly a royal manor, given by Henry VIII. to th" and money in the Funds, and are for •ix poor widows; Somerset family, in whose possession it remained until! each inmate is paid £I Ss_ monthly. the marriage of Lady Frances Seymour, daughter of The Old Men's Almshouses, in Union street, were built Algernon, •eventh Duke of Somerset, with the Marquis of by public subscription in I86I, and are maintained by Granby, afterwards Duke of Rutland, from whose family the income from funded property and by voluntary sub­ it was purchased by the late Thomas Timbrell esq. and scriptions. There are eight houses and each occupant is now held by William Stancomh esq_ of B!onnt Court. receives 6s_ weekly and usually a supply of fueL Potterne, who purchased the manor from the TimbreU The New Almshouses, at Islington, were erected in family. 1893 by George H. Palmer esq_ in memory of his Highfield, a large mansion in the Renaissance sty~, father_ There are three houses and each occupant re­ is the seat of William John Manu esq. Wyke House, an ceives about Ss. weekly_ ancient mansion in the Elizabethan style, standinl: in "' Lady Brown's Cottage Homes, in Poleharn road, .wPre park o[ 24 acres, is the seat of William Clark esq. The erected and endowed by the late Sir William R01rer Brown Prospect is the seat of Frauds Hobson esq.: the mansion, kt. (d. I902) in memory of the late Lady Brown (d. pleasantly situated, stands in a park of 20 acres. Belle­ I898): there are six houses, the inmates of which must field House is the seat of Mrs. Clark. be women, and inhabitants either of Trowbridge or Earl 1\lanvers is lord of the inferior manor of Trow­ Rilperton; each roceives 7s. We€kly. bridge Dauntsey. There are charities producing about £ II 3 yearly, of The soil is mixed ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops which £32 is distributed to the poor in bread; William are grass and wheat. The area is 2,122 acres of land Wallis in I652 left £2o and Edward Wallis £ro; in anJ. 4 of water; rateable value 1907, £47,694; the popu­ I66I Ezekiel Wallis £ro; in I692 Henry Wallis £so and lation in I90r was I I ,526, including Studley and 132 mili­ Richard Bissie .£5o; in I693 Mrs. Ann Wallis £20; in tary in the barracks. The population of the ecclesiastical 1700 Robert Pinchen £roo; in 1704 Ri~hard Singer parishes in 1gor was :-St. James (pari•h church), 3,857; £I2o; in 1721 Mrs. Ann Walli" £30; in 1724 James Holy Trinity, 5,219; St. Thomas, 1,536. Singer left .£2oo; in I73o Richard Shrapnell left £2o; By Local Government Board Orders Nos. 36,447 and in •736 William Temple £2o; in 1776 •William Temple 36.449• parts of the civil parishes of Hilperton and Steeple £20; in r8o2 John Clark so guineas; and also £400 Ashton were added to the civil parish and Urban Districi in stock, the interest to be paid to the organist of the of Trowbridge. <;hurch; and in 1809 Thomas Dundee £so. The Cottage Hospital, in the Halve, was erected in r 8 83, Parish Clerk, St. James, George Sidney Cheverill. and given to the town bv the late Jesse Gouldsmith; a Sexton, Holy Trinity, Char le~ Perryman. piece of land adjoining, the gift of Mrs_ Gouldsmith, was added in 1893, and has been laid out and planted with STUDLEY is a tithing and ecclesiastical parisb, shrubs, trees &c. ; a slilllll weeklv charge is made for sick formed in ISS 8 from the civil parish of Trowbridge, patients, but accidents are admitted free. There are four adjoining Trowbridge on the south_ The church of St. wards containing ten bed•, and in I906 there were 70 John is a plain building of stDne in the Gothic style, con­ patients. Visiting days, Tuesdays, 2 till 4; Saturdays, sisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and a western belfry 4· 30 till 6. 30. containing one bell: the east window and seven others The Trowbridge and Di>trict Joint Isolation Hospital, are stained: there are 180 sittings. The register dates on the Br3dley road, built in 1905 at a cost of about from the year 1S58. The living is a vicarage, with resi­ £Io,ooo, c.onsists of three blocks and contains 36 beds; dence, net yearly value £ I27, in the gift of the rector of it is undPr the control of a committ-ee of the Urban Trowbridge, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Robert D:strict Councils of Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Melk­ Runcom Monteath M.A. of Edinburgh University. The sham and We<tbury. Baptist chapel here, built in 18so, will hold 120. The The Public Soup Kitchen in Frog lane, for the gratui­ principal landowners are Messrs_ James Huntley, of th" tous distril•ution of soup, was given to the town by :Mrs. Galley, Fro me road, Trowbridge and John Milsom. The Gouldsmith in r888. soil is clo.y; subsoil, loam. The land is principally pao­ The Public Pleasure Grounds, consisting of about 4 ture. The area is 397 acres; the population of the­ acres. were opened in I884, and in 1887 were purchased ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 222- by public subscription, and are now vested in the Urban Sexton, Ernest Elliott. Council. At the same time the Queen Victoria Jubilee Widows' Fnnd was established, the invested capital of Pillar Letter Box, cleared at 10 a.m. & 1.45 & 7.30 which no'V amounts to £2,100. p.m.; sunday~ 10 a.m. Letters through Trowbridge,. There is a public bathing place on the river Biss, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, under the control of the Urban District Council. arrive at 7 a.m. & I & 7 p.m. ; mnday, 7 a.m. only OFFICIAL EST.ABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., A. & I. & Telephonic Ex­ 5·45 p.m. ; Dorset, Hants, Channel hlands &c. 5·+5 press Delivery Office, Wicker hill.--J ohn Bell, post­ p.m. ; North of England, Ireland & Scotland & Bath, master 6.10 p.m.; London &c. 7·45 p.m.; Dorchester & Salis­ Honrs of attenda~c&-For Sale of Stamps, registration bury, 8.30 p.m of Letters &c. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Postal Order Bu•iness, Daily-London (Night) & all parts, 9· 10 (extra ~d­ 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Money Order & Savings Bank, stamp) & 9.20 p.m Annuity & Insurance Business & Issue of Licenses, S Parcels, latest hour of posting : a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph business, 8 a.m. to S Week Days only: 9·5 & II a. m.; 2, 3·5• 4.Io, 5, 5-45· p.m. ; sunday, 8 a.m. to IO a.m 7·45 & 9 p.m Inward Mails_ Telegrams may also be dispatched from the Railway Letters & parcels, hours of Town delivery: 7 & 10.15 station a.m. ; I & 6.40 p.m Town Sub-Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A- .t I. Office.:- Letters & parcels may be posted for eaoo delivery up 3 Hilperton road.-Mrs. Mary Grist, sub-postmistress_ to IS minutes before the hour of commenc~ment Wall Letter Box, cleared 5·45• 8.40, Io.3o & II.3o Outward Mails_ a.m.; 12.30, 1.35, 4·I5, 5·"5 & 8..~5 p.m. week days Letters, la-test !lour of posting: only Daily-Trowbridge Rural Deliveries, 5·45 a.m 40 Gloucester road.-Thoma!l Hewitt Watson, sub-pust­ Week Da,·s only: London (Ist Day), 7 a. m.; London, master. Wall Letter Box, cleared s.so, 8.5, 10.30 &. Chippenharn &c. 9·5 a.m.; Bristol & West of England, 11.30 a. m.; 12.40, 1.45, 5·35 & 8.40 p.m. week dap IO.IS a.m.; London, Berks, Wilts, Dorset, North & onl1 West of England, Scotland & Ireland, II a.m.; Lon­ 30 ~fortimer street--George Roberts, sub-postmaster. don (2nd Day), II,3o a. m.; Dorset,Hant! & Salisb\lry, Wl)ll Letter Box, cleared at 5-45, 8.55 & ro.45 a.m.; 11.50 a. m.; London (3rd Day), I2 noon; London r2.45, S·40 & 8.45 p.m. week days only (4t·h Da)·), Bath, Bristol, Berks, Wilts, North of Pest & Parcel Office., 59 Wyke road (Hilperton ¥adh). England &c. 2 p.m.; Chippenham, 2.10 p.m. ; Brad­ -William John :3tokes, sub-postmaster. Wall Letber lord-on-Avon, 2.40 p.m.; Warmimter, 3·5 p.m.; Box, cleared 8.55 & 10.40 a. m. ; 1-30 & 7.40 pm. Marlborough, 4· 10 p,m.; Bristol, 5 p.m.; Frame, week days only .