a team called the Australians. Today the ground is home to Westbury & District Cricket Club, and to one side is the Leighton Recreation Centre, run by Places Leisure (part of Places for People) on behalf of Wiltshire Council. Media Westbury is served by a fortnightly free newspaper, the White Horse News, named after the defining feature on the edge of the town. The newspaper is delivered to all homes in the town and the nearby villages of Bratton, Dilton Marsh and Edington, amongst others. Westbury is also served by the weekly Warminster Journal and Wiltshire Times. Notable people William de Westbury (c.1385–1448/49), judge of the King's Bench, built (together with his father) the north chapel of All Saints' church, and endowed it. Matthew Ley (1545–1636), and his brother James, owned Brembridge and Heywood; Matthew sat as MP for Westbury and James went on to become Lord High Treasurer and Earl of Marlborough. John Cogswell (1592–1669), merchant from Westbury Leigh, became a politician after emigrating to North America. Thomas Phipps (c.1648–1715), merchant, acquired Dilton manor around 1693 and Heywood House around 1700. A son, William (c.1681–1748), was Governor of Bombay between 1722 and 1729. Phipps' descendants acquired the Leighton estate, and Thomas Henry Hele Phipps built Leighton House in 1800. His grandsons John Lewis Phipps (1801–1870) and Charles Paul Phipps (1815–1880) built a business as coffee merchants importing from Brazil. Charles bought Chalcot House, nearby in Dilton Marsh, and sat as MP for Westbury. Bryan Edwards (1743–1800), born in Westbury, inherited plantations in Jamaica and was a supporter of the slave trade. Joshua Marshman (1768–1837), was a Baptist missionary to India. Rebecca Smith (1807–1849), last British woman executed for infanticide. Abraham Laverton (1819–1889), mill owner and Member of Parliament for Westbury, was a philanthropist who donated many buildings to Westbury such as the Laverton Institute. George Laverton (1888–1954), cricketer Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps (1845–1913), another coffee merchant and Member of Parliament for Westbury. Ruth May Fox (1853–1958), born in Westbury but brought up elsewhere, became a women's rights activist in Utah. Vernon Bartlett (1894–1983), was a journalist, author, and independent Member of Parliament. Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923), Australian painter See also Baron Westbury Baron Grimston of Westbury Westbury Ironstone Quarry – a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest References Bibliography Westbury at Wiltshire Community History – Wiltshire Council ThisisWestbury.co.uk: Westbury history website, archived in 2008 External links Westbury Town Council Historic