Places to see in ( Wellington - UK )
Places to see in ( Wellington - UK )
Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated 7 miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. 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. Wellington gave its name to the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, who is commemorated by the nearby Wellington Monument. The Grand Western Canal reached the town in 1835 and then the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1843. The town's own railway station survived until 1964. Wellington was home of Fox, Fowler and Company, which was the last commercial bank permitted to print their own sterling banknotes in England and Wales. In the 20th century closer links with Taunton meant that many of the residents of Wellington commuted there for work, and the M5 motorway enabled car journeys to be made more easily.
Local industries, which now include an aerosol factory and bed manufacturers, are celebrated at the Wellington Museum in Fore street. Wellington is home to the independent Wellington School, and state-funded Court Fields School. It is also home to a range of cultural, sporting and religious sites including the 15th century Church of St John the Baptist. The capital city of New Zealand is named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, thus his title comes from the town of Wellington, Somerset, England.
Wellington gave its name to the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley. Nearby Wellington Hill boasts a large, spotlit obelisk to his honour, the Wellington Monument. The Wellington Monument is a floodlit 175 feet (53 m) high triangular tower designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. It was erected to celebrate the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo. The foundation stone was laid in 1817, on land belonging to the Duke, but the monument was not completed until 1854. It is now owned by the National Trust, who announced plans to reclad the monument at a cost of £4 million in 2009.
The town has many dependent villages including West Buckland, Langford Budville, Nynehead, Sampford Arundel and Sampford Moor. The formerly independent village of Rockwell Green, to the west of the town, has been incorporated into the town however there is still a green wedge of land in between them. Wellington Park was a gift from the Quaker Fox family to the town in 1903 as a memorial to the coronation of King Edward VII.
The town was served by Wellington railway station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway from 1 May 1843 until 5 October 1964. It was here that extra locomotives were attached to heavy trains to help them up the incline to Whiteball Tunnel on their way south. The railway from Penzance to London, and also to Bristol and the North, continue to pass through the town, but no trains stop. The nearest railway stations are Taunton and Tiverton Parkway. A campaign was started to reopen the railway station in 2009.
( Wellington - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Wellington . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Wellington - UK
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Beast from the East - Wellington, Somerset local reaction to snow
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Rebecca WIlliams spoke to locals in Wellington in Somerset which has a red warning of snow as Storm Emma and the Beast from the East meet to cause adverse weather conditions.
Wellington Monument (filmed with a drone!)
A first flight using my Mavic Pro in a picturesque landscape. The views from Wellington Monument are second to none. Please comment, like, share or dislike to show me where i can improve. Thanks, Chris.
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The ABANDONED Tonedale Mill in Wellington, Somerset - Urban Exploring - Urbex - UK
We headed over to Wellington in Somerset to visit this AMAZING location.
A derelict Mill estate with plenty of buildings to explore and over 200 years of history!
This is by far the best location we have visited to date.
Here is some history provided by Wikipedia (
Tonedale Mills, including Tone Mills, was a large wool factory in Wellington, Somerset that was the largest woollen mill in South West England. Owned by Fox Brothers, it was most famous for the production of Taunton serge, and later the khaki dye used by the British Army. The mill was established in the middle of the eighteenth century, and thrived during the industrial revolution. At its peak, around 6,500 metres (21,300 ft) of material was produced at the factory each day. The cheap cost of producing fabric in third-world countries contributed to the factory mostly closing during the 1980s, but small-scale production continues on part of the site.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the Were family of Wellington began producing serge as a cottage industry. In the early 1700s, Edward Fox married Hannah Were, and soon took over the trade. The wool industry thrived in areas used for sheep farming, like Somerset, and Taunton serge was particularly popular due to its balance between being light-weight and yet sufficiently thick. The Were family established Tone Mills in 1754, and over the next seventeen years, the family's assets quadrupled as the industry thrived. Thomas Fox, after learning the trade in Germany and the Netherlands for three years, entered the business as a partner, and formally founded the company as Fox Brothers in 1772. In the 1790s, Fox Brothers purchased a complex of buildings in Tonedale known variously as the Old Town Mills or the Old Flour Mills to centralise their processes. This move facilitated an increase in both quality and quantity, while cutting costs as other production was brought in-house; basket weaving, joinery, book binding and metalworking was all carried out on the site.
The site is notable for having remains of each phase of power generation: water, steam and electricity] as when steam power was introduced, Fox Brothers opted to retain their water management system as it might prove useful. The site was continually growing through the nineteenth century, and at its peak employed around 3,600 people around Wellington, and produced 6,500 metres (21,300 ft) of material each day. At the Tonedale complex, dyers working for Fox Brothers developed a khaki dye which was used by the British soldiers in the Second Boer War. The complex was the largest woollen mill in South West England, and was rare in integrating ancillary processes on the same site. The mill continued to produce cloth on a large scale until it downsized in the 1980s. Most of the site is now abandoned, though parts are still used for small-scale production, and others have been sold off and converted into a small industrial estate. In 2009, Deborah Meaden and Douglas Cordeaux invested in Fox Brothers, allowing production to continue at Tonedale, after the company had been in danger of falling into bankruptcy.
Due to the acquisition of the old flour mills, which became the main Tonedale Mills site, the older Tone Mills, a few hundred metres further north, became the cloth finishing works. Sitting on the banks of the River Tone, the mills originally used water wheels on the river for power generation, the housing for which are still in place. Later with the introduction of steam and then electric power, the water was used as part of the cloth finishing process, and was managed more carefully with the introduction of a reservoir and sluice gates. Within the reservoir, the water was treated before its use. The finishing works and dye factory were both on this site. The former had a boiler house attached, while the latter had an engine house added.
Plans to convert some of the site into housing were abandoned in 2008, during the global financial crisis, due to low levels of interest. Development on the site was later supported by The Prince's Regeneration Trust, and the site was listed on the Heritage at Risk register in 2010, while the Tone Mills site was identified in 2014 as being among the top ten Heritage at Risk priority sites in the South West. Most of the site has been grade II* listed, granting it a level of preservation by English Heritage, though the organisation accept that comprehensive restoration and reuse would not prove commercially viable due to the size and state of disrepair of the site.
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✦ Wellington Arch in honour of the 1st Duke of Wellington, heroic Anglo-Irish leader! ✦
After victories in Vitoria-Gasteiz, (Spain) and in Trafalgar, the Anglo-Irish military hero and leader of the United Kingdom, the 1st Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo!!
♫ English string quartet Escala, 'Requiem for a Tower'
1:05 Charioteer
2.50 The Quadriga
3:05 Charioteer boy
3:10 Angel of Peace
3:20 The largest bronze statue in Europe (the quadriga on top of Wellington Arch)
4:12 My map of the southern part of Westminster City located in the western area of Central London
4:30 Wellington Arch at the south-western corner entrance to Hyde Park
5:10 Duke of Wellington monument statue (the largest equestrian statue in Europe).
Wellington Arch
5:50 1st Duke of Wellington
6:45 Wellington Arch at Constitution Hill traffic island in Westminster City.
Famous places in London are named after British victories in the Napoleonic wars, such as Trafalgar Square, Nelson's Column, Admiralty Arch, Waterloo, Wellington Place, etc.
Wellington stems from a small industrial town named Wellington in Somerset, in the West Country of south-west England. The capital of New Zealand is also named Wellington.
London's Waterloo is named after the Battle of Waterloo, and there are also places named Waterloo in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong too. Maida Vale in London is named after a 2nd British victory over the French at Maida Vale in Italy. Lord Horatio Nelson's column is in Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, London.
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS was a British soldier and statesman, born in Dublin, Eire, a native of Ireland from the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, leader of the United Kingdom and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. The Wellington Arch in London is in honour of the 1st Duke of Wellington. The Wellington Statue has been moved to Aldershot, England.
Jurston Lane Development - Wellington, Somerset
Here is a bit of aerial footage of the new Jurston Lane development in Wellington, Somerset - more green fields gone forever and again, the local infrastructure suffers.....
Wellington School Somerset
Founded in 1837, Wellington School is celebrating 175 years and offers exceptional all-round education for day and boarding pupils. Set in the beautiful Somerset countryside, we are a friendly and flourishing co-educational independent school where academic excellence is celebrated, and where sporting and creative achievements are cherished. Independence and freedom of expression are nurtured and valued. Our Junior School teaches children from 3-11, and we take pupils from 11-18 at the Senior School.
Places to see in ( Taunton - UK )
Places to see in ( Taunton - UK )
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. Taunton has over 1,000 years of religious and military history, including a monastery dating back to the 10th century and Taunton Castle, which has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory. The Normans then built a stone structured castle, which belonged to the Bishops of Winchester. The current heavily reconstructed buildings are the inner ward, which now houses the Museum of Somerset and the Somerset Military Museum.
Taunton is undergoing a regeneration project with redevelopment of the town centre. Taunton has various transport links which support its central role in economy and commerce. These have included the Grand Western Canal which reached Taunton in 1839 and arrival of the railway in 1842.
Taunton is the site of Musgrove Park Hospital and Somerset County Cricket Club's County Ground and is home to 40 Commando, Royal Marines. Central Taunton is part of the annual West Country Carnival circuit. It hosts the Taunton flower show, which has been held in Vivary Park since 1866. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is located on Admiralty Way.
Alot to see in ( Taunton - UK ) such as :
Museum of Somerset
Somerset Cricket Museum
Taunton Castle
Fyne Court
Wellington Monument, Somerset
Bakelite Museum
Vivary Park
Castle Neroche
Wellington Park
Tone Dale House
Victoria Park
Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands
Poundisford Park
( Taunton - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Taunton . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Taunton - UK
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Wellington (Somerset) Round Table - 655
A short film made by Wellington Round Table - 655. Made in 1984.
Pensford in Somerset, England from the air (DJI Phantom 3)
Drone / aerial footage of Pensford in Somerset, England.
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Between the 14th and 16th centuries Pensford was a cloth centre using local wool. The name Pensford, is believed to come from the old english pens by the ford as in animal pens by a river crossing. Later in the 19th and 20th centuries the industry had turned to coal mining, this came to an end in 1955.
The viaduct featured in the video opened in 1874 and carried the Bristol and North Somerset Railway over the river Chew. It officially closed in 1968 following flood damage.
I will make a full orbit of the viaduct available on my Youtube channel in the near future.
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Wellington Somerset
Driving through industrial estate to get to coop
The Larder, Wellington, Somerset
an Online Store offering services World Wide and Personal Training company based in Taunton. Also offering services throughout the south west.
Today Fitter Faster UK is at The Larder in wellington, getting there weekly supply of cheese, great little store, recommend.
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Wellington Somerset then and now from 1912 to 2012.
An update of my earlier video , showing Photos from 1910 and the mid 50's , mixed with recent photo's and video in the same locaions
WELLINGTON MONUMENT WITH BANKSY?? DRONE FOOTAGE
Filmed with a Hubsan 501s
Is the artwork a genuine Banksy???
Wellington College 介紹影片 | 英識教育
About Wellington College
Founded in 1853, Wellington College was Queen Victoria’s national memorial to the Great Duke and the school’s reputation as an outstanding public school has grown in recent years. Both boys and girls can enjoy all of the benefits the college has to offer either as boarders or as day pupils.
Location
Located in Crowthorne, Bershire, Wellington College occupies a beautiful, safe and completely self-contained woodland estate spanning 400 acres. The college is only 30 miles from London and just under 20 miles from Heathrow Airport. It is also easily accessible from the M3 and M4 motorways.
Academics
Pupils have achieved outstanding examination results, thus assuring Wellington reputation as one of the most academically successful co-educational schools in the UK. Recently, over 50% of GCSE results were A* and over 70% of A-level grades were A*/A. The average IB diploma score was an impressive 38.5.
Sport
The College has achieved national recognition for excellence in many areas including cricket, rugby, netball, squash, rackets, polo, golf, athletics, chess and shooting. The theatre program is prolific and almost half of our students receive instruction for a musical instrument. Many students are also engaged in textiles, dance, design and technology.
Boarding
The College’s 17 houses include 6 for girls and 11 for boys. There is also a sixth-form house for boys and separate day houses for both boys and girls. Resident house-masters and house-mistresses run the houses with assistance from a team of tutors. Pupils live in year groups of 10 to 12 and remain in the same house for the entirety of their time at Wellington.
The Wellington Way
Wellington’s outlook is both international and traditional, and is firmly rooted in leadership and service. Although it is a Christian foundation, its doors are open to children of all faiths and all of these are respected. The School’s goal is for all of its pupils to reach the full potential of their eight core aptitudes—creative, logical, linguistic, physical, personal, social, moral and spiritual. This is the key to pupils’ future happiness and is fostered through its house system and in particular through the School’s programme for well-being.
Source : Wellington College
Wellington School Promotional Video
Admiral Hood Monument, Compton Dundon, Somerset.
The Hood monument is a memorial column to Sir Samuel Hood on a hill near Butleigh in the parish of Compton Dundon, Somerset, England.
The monument is a 110 feet (33.5 m) Tuscan column on a cuboid ashlar base set on two tall steps, the lower supporting a wrought iron railing enclosure. There was a doorway at the base but this was sealed in 1990.[2] The crown is a sculpture on a nautical theme with the sterns of four galleons interspersed with four mainsails above laurel wreaths and surmounted by a naval crown.[3]
It was paid for by public subscription and designed by Henry Goodridge.[1]
It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[4]
There is an inscription written by Robert Southey.
It was originally linked to the Hood family home at Butleigh by a mile long avenue of cedar trees
History of Somerset Part 2
A History of Somerset, a lecture given by Tom Mayberry to the Somerset Strategic Partnership Forum in June 2008.
First part of there and back A 5 PART MOVIE mpeg4
the first part of a gentle drive through the Somerset country side from Ashill nr Ilminster to Wellington on a dull but pleasant day