Mrs Mabel Stranks, who was postmistress here in the Second World War, was a key contact for members of the Auxiliary Units, a resistance organisation. A memorial plaque on the wall of the former post office records her contribution. Notable people William Joscelyn Arkell, geologist and palaeontologist Eric Buller MC (1894–1973), British Army officer and cricketer William Goudge (1877–1967), cricketer Joseph Knight (1896–1974), cricketer Narcissus Marsh, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh Helen Shapiro, singer Samuel Wilson Warneford, philanthropist Alfred Williams (1877–1930), "The Hammerman Poet" of South Marston Notes References External links Highworth Town Council Historic Highworth photos at BBC Wiltshire History of Highworth at Highworth Historical Society Towns in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire Market towns in Wiltshire Borough of Swindon