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WELLESBOURNE-MOUNTFORD. 768 WELLINGTON. chancellor,. The churdh, dedicated to St. Peter, was built by Henry de Newburgh, Earl of "Warwick, and contains a brass of Sir Thomas le Strange, lord-lieu- tenant of Ireland in the reign of Henry VI. There is a free school, founded in 1723 by Eev. Kichard Boyso, with an endowment of 100 per annum. WELLESBOURNE-MOUNTFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of "Wellesbourne-Hastings, co. Warwick, 5 miles N.W. of Kington. WELL-HAUGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Falstone, N.W. div. of Tindale -ward, co. Northumberland, 12 miles N.W. of Bellingham, on the river North Tyne. WELLHOUSE, a tythg. in the par. of Hampstead- Norris, bund, of Faircross, co. Berks, 3J miles N. of Newbury. WELLING, a vil. partly in the par. of Bexley, hund. of Eoxloy, and partly in that of East Wickham, hund. of Lessneas, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, co. Kent, 2J miles N.W. of Crayford, and 3 S.E. of Woolwich. It is a modern village, situated on the main road from London to Canterbury and Dover. There is a freo school, founded and endowed by Forster, with 70 per annum. WELLINGBOEOTJGII, a par. and market town in the hund. of Hamfordshoe, co. Northampton, 10 miles N.E. of Northampton, and 7J from Kettering. It is a junction station on the Peterborough branch of the London and North- Western and Leicester section of the Midland railways. The town, which stands on the slope of a hill about a mile to the N. of the navigable river Nene, consists of four principal streets diverging from the market-place, which is in the centre of the town. The houses are built of red-sandstone, which abounds in the vicinity, and the streets are well-paved and lighted. It has two bridges, a townhall, union poor-houee, two branch banks, and corn-exchange. The population in 1851 was 5,298, and in 1861, 6,067, and of the parish, 6,382. The woollen trade was for- merly extensively carried on, and subsequently lace- making, but both these industries have declined. The principal manufacture is now that of boots and shoes for the London market. Ironstone has recently been discovered here, and blast furnaces are being erected for smelting the ore. Many improvements have of late years been made in the town, which has been brought under the government of the Health of Towns Act. A promenade has been formed by the Feoffees from the town to the railway station, which is about a mile dis- tant. Petty sessions for the division are held in the new police-station fortnightly, and manorial courts yearly in October. It is also a polling-place for the county elec- tions, and the seat of new county court and superinten- dent registry districts. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 400. The church, dedicated to All Saints, contains some ancient screen-work and stalls. The E. window is ornamented with sculpture and tracery. There are numerous Dissenting chapels, and a meeting-house for the Society of Friends. A free grammar school adjoining the churchyard was founded by Edward VI., and endowed with the revenue of a guild of Our Lady the Virgin, once attached to the church, and subsequently augmented by a bequest of Richard Fisher in 1711. There are besides National, British, and infant schools, and a literary institute. The local charities produce about .900 per annum, including the school endowment and the town estate, which latter yields 700, appropriated to school and general purposes. The Poor-law Union comprises 3 parishes in Bedford- shire and 24 in Northamptonshire. Market-day is on Wednesday. Fairs are held on the Wednesday in Easter and Whitsun weeks, and on the 29th of October for cattle. WELLINGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Launditch, co. Norfolk, 3 miles N.E. of Rougham, and 6 S.W. of Fakenham. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, united to that of Tittleshall-cum-Godwick. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The register dates from 1739. The parochial charities produce about 16, with fuel allotment. The Earl of Leicester is lord of the manor and chief landowner. WELLINGLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Tickhill, West Riding co. York, 2 miles N.W. of Tickhill. It is joined with Stanoill and Wilsick. WELLINGORE, a par. in the higher div. of Boothby- Graffo wap., parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 8 miles N.W. of Sleaford, and 10 S. of Lincoln. The village is situated on the cliff road between Lincoln and Grantham, near the line of the ancient Ermine Street, and on the edge of the oolite ridge, overlooking the vale of Belvoir and the Derbyshire hills. It includes the ext. par. lib. of Temple Bruer. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 206, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The register dates from 1550. There are two Wesleyan chapels, and a Church school. The parochial charities produce about 5 per annum. H. Nevile, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. WELLINGTON, a div. of the hund. of South Brad- ford, co. Salop, contains the pars, of Atcham, Buildwas, Dawley Magna, Eaton Constantino, Ercall Magna, Eyton-upon-tho- Wild-Moors, Leighton, Longdon-on- Terne, Roddington, Stirchley, TJppington, Upton Magna and Parva, Wellington, Withington, Wombridge, Wrockwardine, and Wroxeter, together comprising 54,460 acres. WELLINGTON, a par. and market town in the above bund., co. Salop, 10J miles E. of Shrewsbury, and 7 S.W. of Newport. It has stations on the Great Western, Birmingham and Shrewsbury, and Shropshire Union railways. Here Charles I., on the breaking out of the civil war, first assembled his forces on the 19th September, 1642, and delivered in person the address recorded by Clarendon. The par. of Wellington, so called from its being situated on the ancient Watling Street, includes, besides the town of Wellington, the tnshps. of Aston, Dothill, Hadley, Horton, Lawley, Lee Gomery, -Walcot, and Wappenshall, with the chplry. of Ketley,the ecclesiastical district of Christchurch, and the hmlts. of Arleston, Apley, Haybridge, Lawley Bank, and Newdale. The town of Wellington occupies a steep declivity about 2 miles S. of the Wrekin, which risei from the plain to the height of 1,320 feet above the sea-level, or 1,100 feet above the bed of the Severn, embracing from its summit an horizon from 350 to 400 miles in circumference, and comprising the greater part of 17 counties. This hill is said to be the highest in England for the circumference of its base, and has on its summit remains of an old fortification. In the imme- diate vicinity are the Shrewsbury and Shropshire Union canals, communicating directly with the navigable river Severn, and a part of the parish is bounded by the river Tern. The streets are mostly narrow, but have been much improved, and the town is lighted with gas under an Act of Parliament obtained in 1851. There are a townhall, newsrooms in the market place, gaol, union poorhouse, savings-bank, post-office, branch office of the Shropshire Banking Company, gas works, and baths at the Adminston Spa, situated about 1 J mile from the town. The malting trade is extensively carried on, and much business is done in agricultural and mineral produce. There are iron foundries, corn-mills, a tan- nery, glass-factory, and several nail and agricultural implement manufactories. The population of the parish in 1851 was 11,554, and in 1861, 12,198, but of tha town 5,576. The town is under a mayor and con- stables, and two clerks, who regulate the markets. The county magistrates hold petty sessions for the hundred monthly, and the lord of the manor a court leet annually in November, at which the civil officers are appointed. The county-court is held monthly in the townhall, and the poor-law guardians meet fort- nightly on Thursday. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. J900. The parish church of All Saints, which formerly belonged to the Abbey of Shrewsbury, was rebuilt in 1790, and repaired in 1847. St. Saviour's was built in 1838 at a cost of 3,600. There are also the district church of Christ Church, the new church at Hadley, and the old church of Ketley. The Wesleyans, Independents, Baptists, and Roman