WELLINGTON, a market-town and parish, forming, with the parish of West Buckland, one of the two unconnected portions which comprise the western division of the hundred of KINGSBURY, county of SOMERSET, 24 miles (W. S. W.) from Somerton, and 149 (W. S, W.) from London, containing 4170 inhabitants. This town is situated on the main road from Bath to Exeter, and is in progress of great improvement, many of the streets having been paved, and a few of the old houses removed. The manufacture of druggets and serges was formerly carried on to a considerable degree, and still prevails on a less extended scale. The Grand Western canal being in an unfinished state, the town at present derives no benefit from it; but it is expected that this undertaking will shortly be renewed, and great advantages are anticipated on its completion. During the manorial possession of the Bishops of Wells, a charter was obtained for a market and two fairs; the former is held on Thursdays, principally for corn; the latter on the Thursdays before Easter and Whitsuntide. The present market-house being in a very dilapidated condition, and not affording suitable accommodation for the market people, is thought to have caused a partial decline in the market of late years; to obviate which, an application has been made to His Grace the Duke of Wellington, lord of the manor, for the erection of a new edifice, which it is considered will shortly be accomplished. The government of the town is in a bailiff and subordinate officers, chosen at the annual court leet held for the manor. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of West Buckland annexed, locally in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 23., and in the patronage of the Rev.W. P. Thomas. The church, which is dedicated to St. John the. Baptist, is a handsome edifice, with an embattled tower crowned with pinnacles at the west end, and two sepulchral chapels; in one of these is a splendid monument to the memory of Sir John Popham, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of England in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., ornamented with a profusion of effigies and carved work. The Rev. Mr. Thomas has erected an elegant chapel, at his own expense, near the west end of the town: it is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and was lately consecrated for the service of the church of England. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists. Almshouses for six poor men and six poor women were founded in 1604, and endowed with land by Sir John Popham, the master and matron to instruct poor children. Wellington confers the titles of viscount, earl, marquis, and duke, on that distinguished military commander, Arthur Wellesley, Prince of Waterloo; the first created Sept. 4th, 1809; the second, February 28th, 1812; the third, Aug. 18th, of the same year; and the fourth, May 3rd, 1814. At a short distance from the town a magnificent pillar has been erected, by public subscription, in commemoration of the signal victory obtained by his Grace on the plain of Waterloo, in 1815.