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Wellington Town Hall, Somerset
Wellington Town Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset, Wellington, Somerset, England. The structure, which was previously used as a civic events venue, is a Grade II listed building. History The first municipal building in the town was a market hall which was located in the middle of the street at the junction of South Street and Fore Street and dated back to the late 17th century. It contained a courtroom and a Village lock-up, lock-up but by the early 19th century it was regarded by civic leaders as an obstruction to the highway and was demolished. In 1814, the lord of the manor, the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington, agreed to grant a long lease to a group of local businessmen who intended to erect a new municipal building. Their objective was to provide proper accommodation for the farmers' stalls which continued to block the highway. The new building was designed in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington, Somerset
Wellington is a market town in rural Somerset, a county in the west of England, situated south west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. The town has a population of 14,549, which includes the residents of the parish of Wellington Without, and the villages of Tone and Tonedale. Known as ''Weolingtun'' in the Anglo-Saxon period, its name had changed to ''Walintone'' by the time of the Domesday Book of 1086. Wellington became a town under a royal charter of 1215 and during the Middle Ages it grew as a centre for trade on the road from Bristol to Exeter. Major rebuilding took place following a fire in the town in 1731, after which it became a centre for cloth-making. It is possible that the fire referred to here was actually in Tiverton, Devon which has details of a major fire in the same year. Further information on a major fire in Wellington at this time cannot be foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
