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Warminster (/ ˈ w ɔːr m ɪ n s t ər /) is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021. [1] The name Warminster occurs first in the early 10th century and the Minster Church of St Denys was begun in the 11th century.
Warminster Garrison is a military garrison of the British Army, on the edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. History
Wiltshire (/ ˈ w ɪ l t. ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪr /; [2] abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west.
Waterloo Lines is a British Army barracks on Imber Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. It is currently home to a number of Army specialist training schools and a sizeable portion of the Headquarters Field Army (not to be confused with Army HQ in Andover).
Warminster railway station serves the historic market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. The station is operated by Great Western Railway and is a main station on the Wessex Main Line , with regular services to Bristol , Cardiff , Southampton and Portsmouth .
Sutton Veny is a village and civil parish in the Wylye valley, to the southeast of the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England; the village is about 3 miles (5 km) from Warminster town centre. 'Sutton' means 'south farmstead' in relation to Norton Bavant , one mile (1.6 km) to the north.
The nearest secondary schools are at Warminster and Salisbury and include Warminster School. Stockton has one pub, The Carriers, in the main village street. [22] Stockton Wood and Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the south of the parish; the wood is part of the eastern extent of the Great Ridge Wood.
From the mid-13th century or earlier, the church at Corsley (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) northwest) was a chapelry of Warminster parish; by 1415 Corsley parish was fully independent. [ 13 ] As the town's population grew in the 19th century, two churches were built: Christ Church in 1831 to serve the south of the town, and St John's in 1865 in ...