Wellington, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1905

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1905

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, is a parish and village, delightfully seated in a vale, on the Leominster and Hereford Road, and bounded on the east by the River, 2½ miles north-by-west from Moreton Station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford (Great Western and London and North Western joint) railway, 5½ north from Hereford, in the southern division of the county Grimsworth Hundred, Hereford Union, petty Sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Weston, and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. Under Local Government Board Orders (1884 and 1887) detached parts of Marden and Dinmore were transferred th this parish. The church of St. Margaret, formerly dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisles, transept, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells; In the chancel there is a brass monument to Sir Herbert Perrott kt. D. 1682: The church, with the exception of the tower, was restored in 1887 at a cost of £1,400, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Nicholson F.R.I.B.A. architect, of Hereford, and affords sittings for 300 persons.. The Register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage, commuted at £220 with 12 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since 1884 by the Rev. George Waller Voysey, B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.. Six almshouses for aged men, were endowed in 1682 by Sir Herbert Perrott Kt. with £30 yearly, arising from tithes: these being sold, the proceeds were invested in the purchase of consols, but are now (1905) invested in Cardiff Corporation Stock, and produce an income of about £29, of which £12 is devoted, according to the founder's will, to education, and the remainder to the benefit of the almspeople: There are other charities also of about £20 yearly value, arising from land and houses left in 1621 by William Nott and others: The almshouses were thoroughly restored in 1887 at a cost of £690, being the accumulation of the income of this aid and the other parochial charities from the years 1873 to 1888. The Rev. William Trevelyan Kevil-Davies, of croft Castle, is lord of the manor. Mr. William Hayes, of Burghope, John Colbatch Clarke esq., of Hampton Court, Leominster, Mrs. St John, of Dinmore Manor House, and C. Meredith esq., are the principle landowners. The soil is red loam; subsoil, gravel. The land is very fertile, and produces apples, hops, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas and swedes. The area is 3,046 acres, rateable value, £6,464; and the population in 1901 was 584.

   Parish Clerk.- Henry Wall

   POST & M.O.O., S.B. & A.& I. OFFICE. - Miss Eva Whitman, sub postmistress. Letters arrive from Hereford, 8 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4.45 p.m. no delivery on Sunday. The nearest telegraph office is at Marden, 2 miles distant.

   PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (mixed), built in 1872 & enlarged in 1897, for 170 children, average attendance, 138; Joseph Vaughan Davis, master; Mrs Mary Davis, infants mistress.

   The school is controlled by 6 managers, appointed 1903; Richard Langford, chairman; Rev. G. W. Voysey, The Vicarage, Wellington, correspondent

   Police Station, Frank Parton, constable

   Carrier to Hereford.- Miss Morris, Miss Jones & Mrs., Williams,, Wednesday and Saturday.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Allen James, Water Villa	Homer Richard, Norton Cottage
Colbatch-Clark Henry, L.R.C.P. Lond. The Vinery	Lawrence-Law Chas Green, Hunter House
Day Miss, The Harbour	Lipscomb William Henry, Holmesdale
Heath John Lucas, Wellington Villa	Lockyer Ebenezer, Rose Cottage
Heath Rev. John (Primitive Methodist) The Villa	Turner Mrs., The Old Vicarage
Hill Misses, Cave House	Voysey Rev. Geo. Waller, B.A., Vicarage
COMMERCIAL
Aldridge Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright, Marsh	Homer Richard, farmer, Norton Cottage
Baker William, carpenter & wheelwright	Jones Anna (Mrs.), farmer, Corners End
Ballinger Edward, farmer, The Green	Jones John Thomas, farmer & assistant oversear, Court Farm
Bassett James, farmer, Kipenhoe	Kingwell William, farmer & assistant oversear, Church House Farm
Bayley Irah, beer retailer	Lane William, farmer
Bethell George, farmer, The Row, Upper Wellington	Langford George, cider & perry maker
Bowcroft H. & C., bakers & grocers	Langford Jn. Farmer, Stocks House Farm
Colbatch-Clark Henry, M.R.S.C. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Surgeon, The Vinery	Langford Richard, farmer & fruit grower & cider & perry maker; Chairman School Managers, Parsonage Farm
Cooke Edmund, general smith& agricultural implement maker & repairer	Paske Harry, farmer, Wootton farm
Cox Harry, shopkeeper	Powell William, Bridge Inn
Daniel Arthur, farmer	Powis Robert, farmer & mason, Aubro. House
Davies Alfred, Plough P. H., & farmer	Rees Edward, farmer; Chairman of Parish Council
Davies David, miller, (water)	Rogers George, farmer
Follis Edward, farmer, Marsh	Williams Caroline (Mrs.), shopkeeper
George James, farmer, The Ashley	Young John, beer retailer
Hayes William., farmer & fruit grower, Burghope

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in January 2003
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1905 in Hereford Central Library]