TWENTY new blue plaques have been put up in Warminster to highlight the town’s heritage.
The plaques are mainly on historic buildings, and include the Chapel of St Lawrence, founded in the early 1200s, and The Old Bell, Warminster’s oldest surviving inn, recorded as The Bell as long ago as 1483.
The town council has taken over responsibility for the heritage blue plaques many of which were originally installed by the Civic Trust.
A spokesman said: “Over the years the condition of many of the plaques became quite poor and so it was agreed to audit the condition of the plaques with a view to replacing those that were in the poorest condition.
“The new plaques have already brought much praise from those who have seen them for the clarity of the wording and the quality of the signs.
“The wording on some of the plaques was changed with the assistance of former members of the Civic Trust and members of Warminster History Society to make sure that they were as accurate and up to date as possible.”
Copies of the trail map can be downloaded from warminster-tc.gov.uk/documents/BluePlaqueTrailv2.pdf
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