150 Leland’s Journey through Wiltshire. 
There is a litle streate over Bradford Bridge, and at the ende of 
that is an hospitale! of the Kinges of Englandes fundation. 
As I turnid up at this streat end toward Through-bridg, ther 
was a quarre? of fair stone on the right hand in a felde. 
TROWBRIDGE. [Itin. m1. 57]. 
From Bradeforde to Thorough-bridge about a 2 miles by good 
corne, pasture, and wood. 
I enterid into the toune by a stone bridge of a 3 arches. 
The toune standith on a rokky hill, and is very welle buildid of 
stone, and flourishith by drapery. 
Of later tymes one James Terwmber, a very rich clothier, buildid 
a notable fair house in this toune, and gave it at his deth with other 
landes to the finding of 2 cantuarie prestes yn Through-bridg 
Chirch. 
This Terumber made also a litle almose house by Through-bridge 
Chirch,? and yn it be a 6 poore folkes having a 3 pence a peace by 
the week toward their finding. 
1 “ Hospital.” At the point of the two roads, where Leland turned off to 
Trowbridge, there is still a hospital; but this was founded by will of John 
Hall, Esq., who died 1708. The hospital which he describes as near this point, 
was one which used to be called the ‘‘ Old Poor House.” It stood on the right 
hand side of the road going out of Bradford, just beyond where the Great 
Western Railway now crosses that road. The company purchased the ground, 
and destroyed the buildings. There is another almshouse still farther on near 
the bridge over the canal, called ‘‘ The Women’s Poor House,” still standing : 
but the one which Leland meant was that which stood ‘at the end of the street 
where he turned off to Trowbridge.” 
2‘¢Quarre.” This ‘‘ quarre’’ is still open, and is one of those in which are 
found specimens (but not the best, which come from Bearfield, on the top of the 
hill) of one of the rarest and most beautiful of our English fossils, called par 
excellence the ‘‘ Bradford encrinite.” 
3 ‘*Terumbers,” or ‘‘ The Old Almshouse,” had six small rooms below and 
six above, and adjoined the north east side of the church yard. In 1483 
(1 Rich. 11) the founder conveyed to feoffees certain lands in Trowbridge, 
Studley, Broughton-Giffard, and Bradford, in Wilts, and Beckington, in 
Somerset, for its maintenance, and for other purposes, The annual payment 
having been lost since 1777, the house being in ruins was taken down by public 
consent of the parishioners, 21st April, 1811. [See report 28, of Charity 
Commissioners : page 354]. 
