Talk:Warminster

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[edit] Name believed to be derived from the name 'Wylye-Minster'

I thought it was derived from the stream that rises near the Minster and goes through the town park and meets the Wylye at Smallbrook. The stream is called the "Were" or the "Swan", I believe, and at least one derivation I have seen has the name of this stream as the first part of the town's name. Were is believed to derive from "Worian" which was Anglo-Saxon for "wander".