Homington Down Golf Club. (1888 - 1894)

Evidence of an eight-hole course in 1888.

Below is a report on the history of the Homington Down Golf Club prior to it becoming Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club.

 

Homington Golf Club, Wiltshire. Report on the history of the Homington Golf Club.

 

Homington Golf Club, Wiltshire. Report on the history of the Homington Golf Club.

 

Homington Golf Club, Wiltshire. Report on the history of the Homington Golf Club.

 

Homington Golf Club, Wiltshire. Report on the history of the Homington Golf Club.

Salisbury and Winchester Journal Saturday 22 November 1913. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Below are results for Homington and Stapleford Golf Clubs in 1893/4.

 

Homington Down Golf Club, Wiltshire. A report on the Homington and Stapleford Golf Clubs in April 1893.

From the Salisbury & Wiltshire Journal Saturday 8 April 1893. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Below is the result of a match played on Homington Down in February 1894. 

 

Homington Down Golf Club, Wiltshire. A report on a match between Homington and Warminster in February 1894.

Salisbury and Winchester Journal Saturday 24 January 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Homington  Down Golf Club, Wiltshire. Result of a match played in 1894.

Golf" Friday 2 March 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Homington  Down Golf Club, Wiltshire. Competitions played in March 1894.

“Golf" Friday 6 April 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

The O.S. Map below shows Homington Down and Dogdean Farm in the 1880s.

 

Homington Down Golf Club, Wiltshire. O.S.Map from the 1880s of Honington Downs and Dogdean Farm.

Ordnance Survey Map © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1886}.