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| | GENUKI: Wellington, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | The parish of Wellington, so called from its being situated on the ancient Watling Street, includes, besides the town of Wellington, the townships of Aston, Dothill, Hadley, Horton, Lawley, Lee Gomery, Walcot, and Wappenshall, with the chapelry of Ketley, the ecclesiastical district of Christchurch, and the hamlets of Arleston, Apley, Haybridge, Lawley Bank, and Newdale. |
 | | The county magistrates hold petty sessions for the hundred monthly, and the lord of the manor a court leet annually in November, at which the civil officers are appointed. |
 | | The Wrekin rises on the east of this township, from the summit of which is a commanding view over 15 counties, bounded on the west by the Black Mountains of Wales, with the Severn, Avon, and Wey winding beneath. |
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