WARMINSTER, a town in Wiltshire, England. Pop. (1931) 5,176. Its white stone houses form a long curve between the uplands of Salisbury plain, which sweep away towards the north and east, and the tract of park and meadow land lying south and west. The cruciform church of St. Denys has a 14th century south porch and tower.
Warminster appears in Domesday, and was a royal manor. The meeting of roads from Bath, Frome, Shaftesbury and Salis bury made Warminster a busy coaching centre. Eastward, within 2 m., there are two large ancient camps : Battlesbury, almost impregnable, and Scratchbury with a citadel.