4.56 WELLINGTON • . [KILL. Y'S, 2nd May, 1903. It i!l tastefully planted with trees Sexton of Holy Trinity, Charles Macey, rr Victoria st. and flowers, and laid out with pleasant walks, Rock well Green, r mile west; W es tford, r mile west ; Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington took the title of Holywell Lake, 2 miles west ; Pylesthorn, half-a-mile ·South· his duk~dom from this town, and was lord of the manor east; Ford Street, r! south-east; Wrangway, 1! south­ held in the 16th century by Edward, first Duke of Somer­ west and Pleamoor Cross, 1! south-west, are hamlet.s. set K.G. Lord Protector, who was beheaded for high treason, January 22, 1552, temp. Edward VI. and previous ROCKWELL GREEN is an .ecclesiastical parish formed to him by several bishops, the fil'st being Asser (Mene- February 2, 18go, and compnses Rockwell Green, lloly­ vensis), bishop of Sherborne, 879-83, preceptor to Alfred · well Lake, Wrangway, and generally the western portion the Great: the manor is now held by the present Dul~:e of the original parish of Wellington. of Wellingt~n K.G., G.C.V.O. The church of All Saints, built in r88g-go, at a cost of A Court Leet for the preservation of the rights of the [4,567 and consecrated in February, r8go, is an edifice manor and borough of Wellington is held annually in the of red sandstone lined wjth brick, partly in the Perpendicu­

month of October by the steward to the lord of the manor. 1 lar style and consists of chancel, transepts, clerestoried The principal landowners are m em hers of the Fox nave of four bays, aisles, north and south porches, vestry family and Frederick William Brooks esq. and organ chamber and a tower with sph-e on the south

About z! miles .south of the town, on the summit of 1 sid·e, containinO" 6 bells ·hunO" in rgo8: there are thirteen a hill goo feet in height, is a monumental pillar 175 i stained windo~s, including" the east window, dedicated feet high, erected by subscription, in honour of the I in Aug. 1904 : the church affords sittings for 450 per· 1st Duke of Wellington, and in commemoration of the ' sons. The register dates from the year r8go. The viorory obtained at Waterloo, June r8, r8r5: the pros- living is a vicarage, net yearly value £230, with resi­ pect from this. eminence is very striking, and the dence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1898 column is visible for many miles round. The monu- by the Rev. Robert Lowman Lang M.A. of Oxford ment was restored by public subscription in 1892. i University. There is a Church Mission room at Holy· The area of the and Urban District is I well Lake, a Baptist chapel at Rockwell Green, erected 5,278 acres of land and 17 of water; rateable value, in r8go and· restored in 1904, and seating 400 person!! ; £40.456; the population in 1901 was 7,283, and in rgr1 one at Holywell Lake, built in 184r, and seating r2o was 7,633 including 7 officers and roo inmates of the 1 persons, and a Congregational chapel at Wrangway, Institution, and of the ecclesiastical parish, 6,074· erected in r832 and restored and enlarged in 1882, Verger and Sexton of St . .John's, John Cooksley, 100 and affording 150 sittings. The population of Rocl,well :Mantle street. I Green ecclesiastical parish in rgu was 1,571. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.- . Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic ~xpress Delivery Office.­ Treasurer, Arthur Charles Tyler, London County ·west· Frederick Arnold, postmaster rninster & Parr's Bank Limited, Fore street Town Sub-Post & M. 0. Office, Springfield.-William Medical Officer of Health, Charles Randolph L.R. C. P. Henry Stone, sub-postmaster . Edin., M.R.C.oS.Eng. St. Mi.chael's hill, Milverton . Post & M. 0. Office, Rock well Green George Thomas Sanitary Inspector, Ernest T. Howard, High path, Wel­ D. Woodbridg-e, receiver. No sunday delivery. Wel­ lington lington, I mile distant, is the nearest. telegraph office Highway Surveyor, Edward V. Richards, Shutes lane, Wellington URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Inspector of Milverton Water Works, Tom Andrews, Mil­ Offices, 26 High street. verton -Meeting day, first thursday in each month at 6.30 p.m. PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Members. Cemetery, Rockwell Green, William Temple Burridge, Chairman, Eustace 1\Iacey Walker J .P. clerk to the burial board ; John Giles, keeper Vice-Chairman, J. Howard Fox J.P. Chamber of Commerce, High street, John R. Miller J.P. . B. M. L . .A.ndrew John Pope J.P president; E. H. Ayliffe, hon. sec t.l Henry Bowerman Thomas H. Richards Cottage Hospital (built in 1891; opened in r8gz); James W. J. Exton John William Webber Gordon Bain M.B., C.M. Cecil Bisshopp Hillyar ·.John Reynolds Miller J.P L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. & R. W. Herbt: Meredith L.R.U.P. Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeons; Edward Farrant Officers. L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng. dental surgeon; Edwin Lee .Michell, ·Clerk, William Herbert Ham, High street hon. sec. ; William Acason, treasurer; & Miss Mabel Treasurer, J. W. Bell, of Fox, Fowler & Co. Fore street Brouk s, n1a tron Medical Officer of Health, E . .A.. B. Poole M.D.Durh., County Court, Town Hall, His Honor the Hon. W. B. · M.B.C.S.Eng., L.B.C.P.Lond., D.P.H.L'pool & Birm. Lindley, judge; William Thomas Booker, registrar Ferndale, Staplegrove, & high l1ailiff; Herbert Wafter J enkins, assistant .Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector, Water vVorks Engineer & bailiff. The court is held every month. The Collector, Edwin• Thomas Howard, 8 High path district comprises the following places (the initials in parantheses refer to the counties Son1erset & JUST10ES OF THE PEAOE FOR WELLTXG'DON Devon) :- (S. ), (S. ), Bradford PETTY S,ESSIONAL DIVISION. (S.), Burlescombe (D.), Cla:y.hidon (D.), Culmstock Fox Francis Hugh, The Cl eve, Wellington, chairman (D.), Hillfarrance (S. ), Hemyock (D.), Holcombe Baldock Lt.-Col. Wm. Stanford, Foxdown, Wellington Rogus (D.), (S. ), (S.), Dobree Samuel, The Priory, Wellington (S. ), (S. ), Runnington (S. ), Sampford Fox John Howard, Robin's Close, Wellington Arundell (S.), (S.), Thorne St. Margarl't (S.), Welling-ton (S. ), ('S.) Miller John Reynolds, Haworth, Wellin~rton l , For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that Pope John, Nowers, Wellin~t.on Sparkes Samuel Hurford, Wardleworth, Wellington of E.xeter; A. E. Ward, 9 Bedford circus, Exeter, Walker Eustace Macey, Saxby, Wellington official receiver Waiter Octavius Gardner, Ford house, Wellington County Station, Victoria street, John Whitehead, inspector, & 4 constables for the sub-division The Chairmen of the Wellington Urban & Rural District Inland Revenue Office, see Taunton Councils, for the time being, are ex-officio justices ~!ascnic Hall, Mantle street ; Lodge, " Fidelity & Sin­ Clerk to the Justices, Edwin Lee Michell, Fore street. CErffy," No. rg66; A. J. Lloyd, sec.; William D. Special sessions are held at the Petty Sessional Court Cnlverwell, treasurer ; Charles W . .Macey, tyler house on the last friday in each month at eleven I Popham's Alm~houses, Mantle street o'clock & Petty sessions on all other days except bank · Temperance Hall, North street, Wm. Trenchard, keeper holidays, Good Friday & Xmas day at II a.m. The Town Hall, Fore street, John Gill, keeper following places are included in the division :-Ash­ Urban District Council Fire Brigade, North st. 12 men brittle, Bradford. Kittisford, Langford Budville, Nyne­ head, Oake, Runnington, Sampford Arundell, Stawley, WELLINGTON UNION. 1 Thorne St. Margaret, Wellington & West Buckford 1 Board day, alternate thursdays, at 10.45 a.m. at the I Board I"Oorn, Poor Law Institution, North street. WELLINGTON RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. . I I The Union comprises the parishes of Ashbrittle, Bath· ~eets at 2 in the afternoon or the day of first meet- I ealton, Bradford, , , Kittisford, Lang­ ing of the Wellington Guardians in each month at the 1 ford Budville, Milverton, Nynehead, Oake, Raddington, Board Room, Poor Law Institution. Running-ton, Sampford Arundell, Stawley, Thorne St.

Chairman, John Jovce,• Milverton Margaret, Wellington, West Buckland, Wiveliscumbe Clerk, Walter T. Glass, Register cffice & Without in Somerset, with the parishes