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Rh WELLINGTON. 769 WELLS. Catholics have chapels. There are National schools, built in 1855, Roman Catholio schools at Mill-Bank, a small free school, and Ick's and other almshouses. The Poor-law Union comprises 10 parishes. The Dukes of Sutherland and Cleveland, and Lords Berwick and Forester, are the chief landowners. Market day is on Thursday. Fairs are held on 29th March, 22nd June, 29th September, 17th November, Monday week before Christmas day, and on the last Monday in each of the other months. WELLINGTON, a par. and market town in the hund. of Kingsbury, co. Somerset, 13 miles S.W. of Bridgwater, and 148 from London. It is a station on the Bristol and Exeter railway, which runs through the parish. The town of Wells, situated on the road from Bath to Exeter, given by King Alfred to Bishop Asser, afterwards came to the see of Wells, and later to the families of Somerset and Popham. It is written Walin- lone in the Domesday survey. The town is well built and contains several streets, the chief of which is half a mile in length. It is lighted with gas, well supplied with water, has a townhall, corn and provision market, market-house, police station, and union workhouse. The inhabitants are for the most part employed in the woollen, brick, tile, and agricultural implement manufactories. Coal mines and lime quarries in the vicinity afford some employment. The government of the town is vested in a Lailiff and other officers chosen annually at the ma- norial court. Petty sessions are held weekly, and the county court monthly. The living is a vie. in the Uioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the curs, of West Buckland and Trinity annexed, 1,050, with house of residence. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, contains several monuments, the chief being that of Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of England in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. The earliest date of the register is 1538. Trinity church is a modern struc- ture at the W. side of the town. The Baptists, Inde- pendents, Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and Plymouth Brethren have chapels. There are sehools, both British and National, for boys and girls; and almshouses for 6 men and G women, founded by Sir John Popham in 1604, and rebuilt in 1833. Thursday ia market day, chiefly for corn, and fairs are held the Thursdays before Kaster and Whitsuntide. The Wellington News and the Wellington Times, penny newspapers, are published here weekly. The populatidn of the parish was 6,006 in 1861. The first Duke of Wellington took his title from this place, and the present Duke is lord of the manor. On the summit of Blackdown Hill, not far from the town, is a pillar in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo. WELLINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Grimsworth, co. Hereford, 5J miles N. of Hereford, its post town, and 2J S.W. of Moreton railway station. The village is situated on the road from Leominster to Hereford, in a valley surrounded by hills, and is watered by a branch of the river Lug. The soil is a red loam upon a subsoil of gravel. The land is partly in apple orchards and hop- grounds. There is a prebendal farm of 49 acres belong- ing to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vie. * in the dioe. of Hereford, val. 250, in the patron, of the Bishop of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, contains a brass of Sir Herbert Perrott. There is a small mixed school partly endowed, and a Sunday-school held in the church. The parochial charities produce about ;60 per annum, including the endowments of Perrott's and Nott's almshouses for six aged men. WELLINGTON, an ecclesiastical district in the par. of S,toke-upon-'i'rent, hund. of Pirehill, co. Stafford, 2 miles from Stoke-upon-Trent, and 16 N. of Stafford. It is situated near the river Trent and Grand Junction canal. The ecclesiastical district in 1861 contained a population of 6,555. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dice, of Lichfield, val. 150, in the patron, of the crown and bishop. WELI JNGTON HEATH, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Ledbury, hund. of Kadlow, co. Hereford, 2 miles from Ledbury, and 15 S.E. of Here- ford. It is situated in the vale of the Leadon, or Leddon, at the southern foot of the Malvern Hills, and near the Gloucester and Hereford canal. The tnshp. forms part of the Foreign of the manor of Ledbury, for which courts leet and baron are held. The living is a perpet. cur., in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 100, in the patron, of the bishop. WELLOW, a par. in the South Clay div. of Basset- law wap., co. Nottingham, 1J mile S.E. of Ollerton. The village is situated on the road from Worksop to Newark. A considerable extent of land is in hop- grounds, and upwards of 254 acres are in Wellow Park. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 90. The church is dedicated to St. Swithin. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. There are an hospital and a dispensary, and an infant school built in 1854. Jordan Castle is an old seat once fortified by Jordan Foliot. The Earl of Scarborough is lord of the manor. WELLOW, a hund. in co. Somerset, contains the pars, of Camerton, Charterhouse-Hinton, Comb-Hay, Corston, Dunkerton, English Combe, Farleigh-Hunger- ford, Forscote, Newton St. Loe, Norton St. Philip, Tellisford, Twerton, and Wellow; comprising 21,900 acres. WELLOW, a par. in the above hund., co. Somerset, 4 miles S. of Bath, and 5 W. of the Freshford station on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth railway. The village is situated under Woodeboro' barrow, on the tramroad from the Welton collieries communicating with the Avon and Kennet and Kadford canals. It is noted for its strawberry gardens, and has Bray's Down collieries near the hamlet ofSherscomb. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 350. The church, dedicated to St. Julian, was nearly rebuilt in 1370, and restored in 1845. The interior contains an oak roof, open oak seats, and several monuments to the Hungerford family. The register dates from 1661. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There are National and Sunday schools, the former endowed with 10 per annum. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum. Among numerous other Roman relics, tesse- lated pavements, altars, pillars, and fragments of paterae, were discovered hero in 1644, 1670, and 1685. On the manor of Littleton is a Celtic burial-place, and near the extremity of the parish is the large barrow called Woodeboro'. A fair is held on the 20th October for cattle and sheep. WELLOW, EAST, a par., partly in the hund. of Thorngate, co. Hants, and partly in the hund. of Ames- bury, co. Wilts, 4 miles S.W. of Romsey. It is a scattered village situated between the two roads from Southampton to Salisbury. The living is a vie.,* united with that of West Wellow, joint val. 250. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The register dates from 1570. There are National and infant schools. W. E. Nightingale, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief land- owner. WELLOW, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Ames- bury, co. Wilts, 4J miles N. of Komsey, and 1 mile S.E. of East Willow, with which it is united for ecclesiastical purposes. There is no church. WELLS., a par. partly.in the bar. of West Idrone, co. Carlow, and partly in that of Gowran, co. Kilkenny, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles from Leighlinbridge, which is partly included in this parish. It is situated on the river Barrow, and has a remarkable moat at Ballynochen. The soil is good, and there is a slate quarry. Near the village are the remains of a monas- tery and an ancient cross. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, val. 370, in the patron, of the crown. There are two churches and seve- ral Roman Catholic chapels. Fairs aro held on Ascension Thursday and on the llth December. WELLS, an ancient city, parliamentary and muni- cipal borough, market, assize, session, polling, and union town, locally situated in the hund. of Wells Foium, Somersetshire, but having separate jurisdic- tion, 19 miles 8. of Bristol, the same distance S.W