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Wellington, Fore Street 1912
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The Town Hall, also built as a corn market, was opened by the Duke of Wellington in 1833; a 173 feet obelisk monument to the Duke is on Wellington Hill to the south of the town. Indeed, Arthur Wellesley, the victor of Waterloo, took his title from this Somerset town. Most of Shaplands Hotel beyond on the left has been demolished for a rather nasty supermarket building.

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A Selection of Memories from Wellington

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Wellington

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What a find!! My great and great great grandparents lived in South Street, Wellington. I couldn't believe it when I had a closer look at this photo, on the right hand side of this there is a drapery shop and it has their name over the doorway. GRATTON. I had heard stories of the drapery shop in Wellington but never imagined that I would see it. What a brilliant web site too.
Wellington, South Street 1907
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Evacuation
My memories of Wellington are ones of feeling very homesick. I went there in November 1940. I stayed at the Vintage Hotel. I believe Mr & Mrs Joseph were the proprieters and they were very kind to me. They had a daughter named Betty but I was very unhappy, I was only there for a couple of weeks, it was decided I was to go and stay with my aunt who was billeted elsewhere in the town, but I just wanted to go home. ...see more
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Anna''s Outing To The Wellington Monument
I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills.  Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and identified it as the Wellingotn Monument.  I promised myself that one day I would actually NOT drive past but I would make an outing specifically to go and see it. And so today I took my ...see more
Wellington, the Monument 1912
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