Wellington, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1856

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1856

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, is a village, is delightfully situate in a vale (the surrounding hills being very extensive), distant 5½ miles north from Hereford (its post town), 2½ south-west from Moreton Railway Station, and 8 south from Leominster, in Grimsworth Hundred, Hereford Union, Weston deanery, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; It is situated on the Leominster and Hereford turnpike road. The church of St. Margaret is an ancient stone building in the Norman and Early English style of architecture, with square tower containing 5 bells, and there is a south porch; the interior consists of two aisles, chancel, and font. In the chancel there is a brass monument to the memory of Sir Herbert Perrott. The living is a vicarage, commuted at £250 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and there is a prebendal farm belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of about 49 acres; The Rev. Thomas Shepherd, B.A., is the incumbent. There are two small endowed schools for boys and girls, and there is a Sunday School held in the church. Dinmore House (St. John's) is an extra parochial, beautifully situated on a hill, but at present is unoccupied. The population, in 1851, was 689, and the acreage is 2,538. The soil is red loamy, and the subsoil is gravel. W. T. K. Davies, Esq., is lord of the manor; and W. T. K. Davies, Esq., John Harris, Esq., and the Rev. Thomas King, are chief land owners. The land is very fertile and produces apples, hops, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, and swedes. There are six almshouses left by Sir Herbert Perrott, for aged men, with an endowment of £20 per annum, also a new pair of shoes and a coat for each. There are additional charities of £15 yearly value.

GENTRY
Davies Mrs. Margaret, Inrow	Shepherd Rev. Thomas, M.A., Vicar, Vicarage
Day Mr. Thomas, Marsh

TRADERS
Aldridge Thomas, farmer, Bridge Lane	Lythe Thomas, shopkeeper
Allen George, wheelwright & carpenter	Mansell John, stonemason and bricklayer
Amiss John, wheelwright & carpenter, Tanhouse	Morgan William shopkeeper
Baker Wm., shopkeeper	Morris William, wheelwright & carpenter
Bithell Richard, farmer, Vetchy Lands	Morvin Thomas, farmer, Moorcroft
Bowen William, butcher	Pitt Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer & cider retailer, Marsh
Davies George, farmer, Bridge farm	Powell Joseph carpenter
Davies Wm., farmer, Wellington Wootton	Proctor George Henry, farmer, Court House
Denevan William, glazier & cider retailer, Wellington marsh	Reece Prosser, blacksmith
Gravenor Richard, farmer, Church House	Sanders Charles, boot and shoemaker
Gravenor Thomas, miller, Moorbridge Mill	Savigar James, farmer, Prebendary
Hayes Wm., farmer, Burghope	Stinton John, boot and shoe maker
Jones William, farmer, Farm	Taylor Joseph, farmer, Stockhouse
Langford John, boot & shoemaker	Taylor Joseph, farmer, Stocks House
Lawrence John, boot & shoemaker	White William, mason & brick layer
Lawrence John, shoemaker	Wilding Jas., cider retailer, Aughboro'
Lewis Thomas, cider retailer,	Williams Jno. Cooper, Wellington Marsh
Llewellin Thos. Saddler & harness maker	Williams Thomas, Bridge Inn

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in December 2002
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1856 in Hereford Central Library]