Description
Wellington, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, 2 miles NNW of Moreton-on-Lugg station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford (G.W. and L. & N.W. Joint) railway, and 5 1/2 N by W of Hereford. There is a post and money order office under Hereford; telegraph office, Bodenham. Acreage, 3060; population of the civil parish, 613; of the ecclesiastical, 563. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient, and was restored, with the exception of the tower, in 1887. There are six almshouses and other charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
