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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… facing the Warminster road had been converted into a house and shop and produced a rent of £25. The almshouses …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… gathered a congregation of dissenters around him in his house in Westbury. 34 He died at Westbury in 1682 and was … commemorate members of the Phipps family of Leighton House. 41 According to Aubrey the north chancel chapel was … There is also a marble bust of William Phipps, of Heywood House, Governor of Bombay (d. 1748), by Sir Robert Taylor. 46 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… some 160 acres of inclosed land in Westbury and a sheep house. 58 In 1570 Stephen Whitaker, already a considerable … country houses in Westbury, namely Chalcot and Leighton House. 62 In 1722 Paul Phipps, who added extensively to the … who acquired as his country residence in 1789 Heywood House, sometime seat of the lords of the manor of Westbury. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… however, it probably comprised little more than Penleigh House and Farm and a few farm cottages. Bratton, Heywood, … since 1899 it has been the offices of the Urban District Council. 56 Abraham Laverton also laid out Prospect Square on … of the station. 59 The Avenue, and the Crescent, the council's housing estates built between the two World Wars, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… property except that it must eventually have passed to the house of Bonhommes at Edington, and so was re-united with the … From John of Edington it passed in 1362 to the religious house founded at Edington by his uncle, William of Edington, … the Phipps family to Thomas Henry Hele Phipps of Leighton House (d. 1841). In 1756 the estate comprised two pieces of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 79 who sold it in 161920, with the exception of Bitham House, a fulling mill called Bitham Mill, 80 and a close … de Broke and, according to Leland, he rebuilt the house there. On his death in 1502 the manor passed to his … estate is not known, but it seems to have excluded Brook House and included Brook Farm, 'Storadge and Dowesfield', …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… he expressly reserved Bitham Mill and the adjoining Bitham House. 79 By 1772 the mill had passed to Granville Wheler, 80 … c. 1800 (see above). 30 Further north the former manager's house, used in 1960 as laboratories, is of about the same …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… seal was acquired in 1591, 17 and a guildhall and court house existed by 1599. 18 So far as is known, these organs of … who formed a deliberative assembly called the General Council. It also possessed a court. The only activity of the council was said to be that of filling vacancies among its …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… century onwards, exercise an influence over the General Council which was the machinery for returning the members to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… places. In 1669 a number of Anabaptists met at the house of Roger Cutter (Cator or Cater), their preacher, and a group calling themselves Quakers met at the house of John Gowen with Philip Hunton as their preacher. 29 … to preach in 1672 as a Congregationalist in his own house in the town. 30 A barn and house belonging to Thomas …