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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 Town Hall is a former municipal building in the Market Place of Warminster, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Warminster Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building .
The Warminster and Westbury Rural District was a rural district in Wiltshire, England from 1935 to 1974. With effect from 1935, it was formed by a County Review Order under the Local Government Act 1929 as a merger of the Warminster Rural District and the Westbury and Whorwellsdown Rural District .
The church was designed by London architect George Edmund Street in 1864–1865, in Early English style. [4] Given the relatively ordinary-looking exterior, the interior is quite unexpected. The tiling throughout, reredos , low chancel screen wall, font , pulpit , oak choir stalls and free-standing nave benches were completed before 1868.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in South West England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
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The Warminster Journal is a weekly newspaper published in Warminster, Wiltshire in South West England. The paper serves the west Wiltshire towns of Warminster and Westbury as well as the villages of the Wylye Valley , Chitterne , Mere , Chapmanslade , Corsley , and Horningsham .
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 ...