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Wellington Statue Aldershot Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or (originally) the Green Park Arch was moved in 1882-3 a short distance to its present location on Hyde Park Corner. The statue of the Duke which had adorned the arch was removed to Aldershot in 1884 after being taken down in 1882 and left in Green Park while its future location was debated.
Wellington Street (Ottawa) Wellington Street is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being the street upon which the Parliamentary Precinct is located. The street begins at the Rideau Canal; it is called Rideau Street on the east side of the canal.
Wellington Street Bank of Montreal Branch The Wellington Street Bank of Montreal branch, located at 144 Wellington Street, corner of O'Connor, is a historical building located in Ottawa, Canada. Its façade indicates its former heritage as a Bank of Montreal branch location.
Wellington Street, Perth Wellington Street is the northernmost of the four primary east-west streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It contains several of Perth's key facilities, including the new Harbour Town shopping development, the Wellington Street Bus Station and the Perth railway station, Royal Perth Hospital and Wellington Square, as well as the main offices of several government departments including the Western Australian Tourism Commission and Department of Housing and Works.
Wellington tramway system The Wellington tramway system (1878 - 1964) operated in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. The tramways were originally owned by a private company, but were purchased by the city and formed a major part of the city's transport system.
Wellington Urban Motorway The Wellington Urban Motorway is the major road into and out of Wellington in New Zealand. The motorway (SH1) is 6km long, ranges from 1 to 3 lanes per direction and extends from the base of the Ngauranga Gorge into Central Wellington.
Wellington's Victory Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria) is a minor orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain on June 21, 1813.
Wellington, New South Wales Wellington is a town and Local Government Area (see Wellington Council) located at the junction of the Macquarie River and Bell River in inland New South Wales, Australia. The town is 362 kilometres from Sydney on the Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highway.
Wellington, Nova Scotia Wellington located at 44°51'54"N, 63°36'59"W is a coummunity of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia on Fletcher's Lake on Nova Scotia Route 2 approximately 23.3 kilometers from Halifax.
Wellington, Shropshire Wellington is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England and now forms part of the new town of Telford. The population of the parish of Wellington was recorded as 20,430 in the 2001 census.
Wellington, Somerset Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven 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. The town has a population of 13,696.
Wellington, Washington Wellington, later known as Tye, was a small railroad community on the Great Northern Railway in northeastern King County, Washington. Founded in 1893, it was located at the west portal of the original Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pass.
Wellington—Grey Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario.
Wellington—Halton Hills Wellington—Halton Hills is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Wellness (alternative medicine) Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. It has been used in the context of alternative medicine since Halbert Dunn began using the phrase high level wellness in the fifties, based on a series of lectures at a Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States.
Wellness (pet food) Wellness is a line of natural food and treats for pets, and a flagship brand of the Old Mother Hubbard company. The Wellness “credo” is a “holistic approach to a healthy, nutritious diet is the foundation of well-being.
Wellpark Brewery Wellpark Brewery was founded in 1785 in Glasgow, Scotland. It is currently owned by Tennent Caledonian Breweries which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bass Brewers, itself owned by Belgian brewing company InBev (formerly known as Interbrew).
Wells (UK Parliament constituency) Wells is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The original two member borough constituency was abolished with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1868.
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10ÂĽ inch gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland. The railway occupies a part of the trackbed also used by the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
Wells class starship (Star Trek) The Wells class is a 29th century Federation starship class in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, appearing in the episode "Relativity". The episode's titular ship, the USS Relativity, is the only Wells-class ship to appear in Star Trek.
Wells Cathedral Wells Cathedral is a cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It is technically only the second smallest cathedral city in England, since the City of London has a smaller resident population.
Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is a British public school located at Wells in Somerset. The school is one of the five established musical schools in Britain, along with Chetham's School of Music, the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Purcell School and St.
Wells College Wells College is a nationally recognized private coeducational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. It was established as a women's college in 1868 by Henry Wells, founder of Wells Fargo and the American Express Company.
Wells Creek Bollman Bridge The Wells Creek Bollman Bridge originally served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Pittsburgh Division main line. Designed by the renowned self-taught engineer Wendel Bollman in 1871, this truss bridge is the last remaining span of the Pittsburgh Division line associated with Bollman.
Wells Dam Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Columbia River, downstream from the confluence of the Methow River and the Columbia, in the United States of America. The dam and associated structures and machinery make up the Wells Hydroelectric Project.
Wells Gray Provincial Park Wells Gray Provincial Park is a large wilderness park located in British Columbia’s central Cariboo region. The park covers over 5,000 square kilometres and is home to some 219 bird species and more than 50 mammal species.
Wells Hall Wells Hall is one of thirteen halls of residences at the University of Reading, in the town of Reading in the UK. The hall is situated next door to Wantage Hall and just off the University's Whiteknights Campus.
Wells lifeboat disaster The Wells lifeboat disaster occurred in 1880 when the RNLI lifeboat Eliza Adams, based at Wells-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk, attempted to go to the aid of the stricken brig Ocean Queen in heavy seas and was lost along with 11 of its 13 crew.
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is located in Wells, Maine, USA. It occupies a historical site known as Laudholm Farm, which was first settled by Europeans in 1642 and was a farm until its conservation in the 1980's.
Wells Street Station (Chicago) Wells Street Station was a former passenger terminal of the Chicago and North Western Railway, located at the southwest corner of Wells Street and Kinzie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It was replaced in 1911 by the Chicago and North Western Terminal on the other (west) side of the North Branch of the Chicago River, removing passenger trains from the bascule bridge over the river.
Wells' Regiment of Militia Wells' Regiment of Militia also known as the 5th Hampshire County Militia Regiment was called up at Shelburne, Massachusetts on September 22, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York.
Wellsboro and Corning Railroad The Wellsboro and Corning Railroad is a short line that operates 35 miles of track in Union County, Pennsylvania and Steuben County, New York in the United States. The line runs between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York.
Wellsite information transfer standard markup language Wellsite information transfer standard markup language (WITSML) is a proposed standard for transmitting technical data between oil companies, service companies, drilling contractors, application vendors and regulatory agencies. It is being developed by a POSC facilitated Special Interest Group to develop XML standards for PetroTechnical Data exchange.
Wellsoft Wellsoft Corporation is an Electronic Medical Record software vendor based in Somerset, NJ. It has been incorporated for over eighteen years, and is currently rated #1 in the KLAS Report for best EDIS (Emergency Department Information Systems) systems as of Nov 17th, 2006.
Wellstone Action Wellstone Action is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization with 100,000 members whose purpose is to train citizens and potential candidates so they can succeed in passing ballot initiatives, enacting legislation and electing legislators, all with a progressive agendum. It has trained over 11,000 people in 32 states in political advocacy, grassroots organizing, Getting-Out-the-Vote (GOTV), youth activism, voter education, and mobilization.
Wellsville Mountains The Wellsville Mountains, located in Utah on the north end of the Wasatch Mountains, have the distinction of being the steepest mountain range in the world. While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow.
WellSpan Health WellSpan Health is a large integrated health care system located in southcentral Pennsylvania. Headquartered in York, PA, Wellspan Health includes York Hospital, Gettysburg Hospital, the WellSpan Medical Group, VNA Homehealth Care, South Central Preferred, and several other health care provider entities in the York and Adams county region.
Wellwood Middle School Wellwood Middle School is a New York public middle school on South Manlius Street in the Village of Fayetteville. The school serves grades 5-8 in the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District, and enrolls approximately 700 students.
Wellywood Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The name (a conflation of Wellington and Hollywood) is a reference to the film production business established in the city by The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and King Kong director Peter Jackson.
Welney Welney is a village and civil parish in the the Fens of England, and the county of Norfolk. The village is situated immediately to the west of parallel Old Bedford River, River Delph and New Bedford River, which are here crossed by the A1101 road.
Welrod The Welrod was a British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed (silenced) pistol devised during World War Two at the Inter Services Research Bureau (later Station IX), based near Welwyn Garden City, UK, for use by irregular forces and resistance groups. It was not a mass produced weapon, only around 2,800 being made.
Wels Wels (population of 56,478 as of 2001) is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, upon the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of any district, but a Statutarstadt.
Wels catfish The wels catfish, Silurus glanis, is a scaleless fresh-water catfish recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth. The mouth contains lines of numerous small teeth, two long barbels on the upper jaw and four shorter barbels on the lower jaw.
Welser Welser is the surname of an important German banking and merchant family, originally from Augsburg. Along with the Fugger family, the Welser family controlled various sectors of the European economy, and accumulated enormous wealth through trade and the German colonization of the Americas.
Welsh Alliance League The Welsh Alliance Football League (currently the Pentraeth Honda Welsh Alliance Football League, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league. It was formed in 1984, and forms the third level of the Welsh football league system in North Wales.
Welsh Ambulance Service The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1, 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales.
Welsh Assembly Government The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (, LlCC) is the executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet. As at September 2005, the Cabinet Members of the Welsh Assembly Government are:
Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, also known as WBQ or Welsh Bac, is a pre-university qualification which may be offered in the future to schools and colleges in Wales. Where offered, the WBQ runs alongside and complements qualifications such as A-levels and GCSEs.
Welsh Bowmen The Legendary Welsh Longbowmen were deadly archers amongst the ranks of the British armies during Medieval times. But later advances and better bows (derived from the common made yew bows) heralded the introduction of the longbowmen.
Welsh Canadian Welsh Canadians are Welsh people or people of Welsh descent living in Canada. Today about 350,365 Canadians identify themselves as having some Welsh descent, with 28,445 of these identifying as exclusively Welsh.
Welsh Canoeing Association The Welsh Canoeing Association (WCA) is the governing body for canoeing and kayaking in Wales. It covers all branches of the sport from recreational activities to whitewater racing, slalom racing and wildwater racing; flatwater sprint racing and marathon racing; canoe sailing; canoe polo; surf kayaking and canoeing; and extreme racing.
Welsh devolution referendum, 1997 The Welsh referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales only over whether there was support for the creation of an assembly for Wales. Unlike the referendum in Scotland, there was no proposal for the assembly to have tax varying powers.
Welsh Development Agency The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) is an executive agency which is charged with encouraging business development and investment in Wales. The Agency's headquarters are in the former Bank of Wales building in Cardiff, but it has offices across the world.
Welsh English Welsh English, Anglo-Welsh, or Wenglish (see below) refer to the dialects of English spoken in Wales by Welsh people. The dialects are significantly modified by Welsh grammar and nouns, and contain a number of unique words.
Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales, immediately below the League of Wales in the Welsh football league system. It is often referred to as the MacWhirter Welsh Football League after its main sponsor.
Welsh Football League First Division The First Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the MacWhirter Welsh League First Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales.
Welsh Football League Second Division The Second Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the MacWhirter Welsh League Second Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the third level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales.
Welsh Football League Third Division The Third Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the MacWhirter Welsh League Third Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the fourth level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales.
Welsh Fourth Channel Authority The Welsh Fourth Channel Authority controls the S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, Channel 4 Wales) television station. It is not connected to Ofcom, or any other regulator, and exists purely to ensure the quality of the country's Welsh language channel.
Welsh Golf Classic The Welsh Golf Classic was a European Tour golf tournament that was held annually from 1979 to 1982. The inaugural event was held at Wenvoe Castle Golg Club near Cardiff and the other three stagings took place at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Mid Glamorgan.
Welsh Church Act 1914 The Welsh Church Act 1914 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which the Welsh part of the Church of England was separated and disestablished. The Act was a controversial measure, and was passed by the House of Commons under the provisions of the Parliament Act 1911.
Welsh language Welsh ( or , pronounced , ), is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic spoken natively in Wales (Cymru), in England by some along the Welsh border, and in the Welsh immigrant colony in the Chubut Valley, in Argentine Patagonia.
Welsh law Welsh law, the law of Wales, was traditionally first codified by Hywel Dda ("Hywel the Good") during the period between 942 and 950 when he was king of most of Wales. In Welsh it is usually called Cyfraith Hywel, the Law of Hywel.
Welsh Language Act 1967 The Welsh Language Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 1967 c. 66), which gave some rights to use the Welsh language in legal proceedings in Wales and gave the relevant Minister the right to authorise the production of a Welsh version of any documents required or allowed by the Act.
Welsh Language Board The Welsh Language Board (in Welsh, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) is a statutory body set up by the British Government as part of the Welsh Language Act 1993. It receives an annual government grant of ÂŁ12m which is to be used to "promote and facilitate" the use of the Welsh language.
Welsh morphology The morphology of the Welsh language shows many characteristics perhaps unfamiliar to speakers of English or continental European languages like French or German, but has much in common with the other modern Insular Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish, and Breton.
Welsh mountain pony (Section A) The Welsh mountain pony is a native breed of the United Kingdom, and is one of the most beautiful of the British native ponies. It is one of the four "sections" of Welsh Pony (which also includes Section B, Section C, and Section D).
Welsh mythology Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin.
Welsh Marches The Welsh Marches is an area along the border of England and Wales on the island of Great Britain. The term was first used during the medieval period when the Kingdom of England expanded further into traditional Welsh territory and the Marcher lordships were set up (see the "History" section below).
Welsh Marches Line The Welsh Marches Line is the railway line from Newport to Shrewsbury via Abergavenny, Hereford, Craven Arms, and then, either to Crewe and Manchester via Whitchurch or alternately via the Shrewsbury and Chester Line to Wrexham and Chester with services continuing to Holyhead. The line in this way links South Wales to northwest England via the Welsh border region of the Welsh Marches, bypassing Birmingham, it is sometimes known as the "North and West route".
Welsh nationalism Welsh nationalism is a popular political and cultural movement that emerged during the nineteenth-century. It generally seeks independence for Wales outside of the United Kingdom, an aspiration supported by around 1 in 5 of the population of Wales,and is further defined by a desire to protect and enhance the cultural distinctiveness of Wales.
Welsh National The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Chepstow Racecourse, Wales in late December. The ground conditions are almost always testing with stamina at a premium.
Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association, also know as WNGGA, was founded in 1929, after the first Cymanfa Ganu in North America was held on a field on Goat Island, located in the Niagara Reservation State Park in Niagara Falls, New York. The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association is responsible for overseeing the Cymanfaoedd Ganu held in North America.
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) The Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) is a football league in Wales and forms level 3 of the Welsh football league system in Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Gwynedd. For sponsorship purposes it is currently known as the Nizam–Druid Welsh National League.
Welsh Newton Welsh Newton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire within the United Kingdom. It is in England, however the village is less than one mile from the border with Wales to which the parish extends.
Welsh Not The Welsh Not or Welsh Note was a piece of wood, inscribed with the letters WN, that was hung round the necks of children who spoke Welsh in some schools in the 19th century. The "not" was given to any boy overheard speaking Welsh, and he would pass it to a different boy whom he overheard speaking Welsh.
Welsh onion Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) is a species in the onion genus Allium. A perennial, Welsh onions never form solid bulbs and the scape, like the leaves, are hollow (fistulosum means "hollow") as well as fragile.
Welsh Office The Welsh Office was a department in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Wales. The Welsh Office was established in April of 1964 to execute government policy in Wales and was headed by the Secretary of State for Wales (a post of which had been created the previous October).
Welsh pony (Section B) The Welsh Pony (Section B)--the Welsh Pony of Riding Type--is part of the Welsh Breeds (which also includes Welsh mountain pony (Section A), Welsh pony of cob type (Section C), and Welsh Cob (Section D)). They are one of the most beautiful of all the British native ponies.
Welsh pony of cob type (Section C) The Welsh pony of Cob Type (Section C) is part of the Welsh Breeds, which also include Welsh mountain pony (Section A), Welsh pony (Section B), and Welsh Cob (Section D). They are one of the most beautiful of all the British native ponies.
Welsh poppy The Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) (2n=28) is a perennial plant of the family Papaveraceae. Its habitat is damp shady places on rocky ground, and it is native to south-western England, Wales, Ireland and Western Europe.
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame (WSHF) originated in a collection of souvenirs acquired by the late G V Wynne-Jones, the radio commentator. It was formed in 1980 to provide a Welsh national focus for recognising and preserving sporting achievements by Welsh sportsmen and sportswomen at the highest level, with the intention of influencing future generations in the values of sporting endeavour.
Welsh Triads The Welsh Triads (Welsh Trioedd Ynys Prydein, literally "Triads of the Island of Britain") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three.
Welsh Varsity Every year, the Welsh varsity match happens, between Cardiff University and Swansea University, the two biggest universities in Wales. The centrepice of the day event is the rugby union match between the two sides.
Welsh whisky Welsh whisky (Welsh: Wisgi Cymreig; alternative forms: wysgi, chwisgi) is a distilled spirit made in Wales since the 4th century. Modern Welsh whisky has been produced by the Penderyn Distillery since 2000 in the village of Penderyn in South Wales, which has revised the tradition of whisky distilling in Wales after an absence of more than 100 years.
Welsh women's cricket team The Welsh women's cricket team is the team that represents Wales in international women's cricket matches. Like their male counterparts, they are usually counted as part of the English cricket team, but in 2005 they played in the European Championship tournament as it was being held in Wales.
Welsh Windbag A derogatory term for a Welsh person, used mostly by English people, for those from Wales who are thought to talk too much or too fluently. Neil Kinnock was nicknamed the "Welsh Windbag", although it had been applied to many Welsh people before him, for instance Dylan Thomas, Aneurin Bevan, and Kenneth Griffith.
Welshman Ncube Professor Welshman Ncube (born July 7, 1961) is a Zimbabwean politician and a leading member of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change. He has been a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Bulawayo North East since the 2000 elections.
Welshpool, Western Australia Welshpool is a locality of the City of Canning, partially contained within Town of Victoria Park. The area is considered to be one of the main industrial areas of Perth, along with Kewdale, Canning Vale and Osborne Park.
Welschenrohr Welschenrohr (French: Rosières) is a village in the Solothurn canton of Switzerland, located in the Jura mountains. An important watch manufacturing place up to the 1960s, its economy was heavily affected by the late 1960s watch crisis.
Welschriesling Welschriesling is a white grape variety grown predominantly in Hungary. It is also grown in Italy where it is known as Riesling Italico, and over much of Eastern Europe, where it is known in the local languages as Laski Rizling in Slovenia or Graševina in Croatia.
Welt (shoe) A welt is a strip of leather, rubber, or plastic that is stitched to the upper and insole of a shoe, as an attach-point for the sole. The space enclosed by the welt is then filled with cork or some other filler material (usually either porous or perforated, for breathability), and the outsole is both cemented and stitched to the welt.
Welt am Draht Welt am Draht (World on Wires) is a two part made-for-TV science fiction movie by German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on the novel Simulacron Three by by Daniel F. Galouye, later remade in 1999 as The Thirteenth Floor.
Welt am Sonntag Welt am Sonntag ("World on Sunday") is a national German national Sunday newspaper published by Axel Springer AG, and established in 1948. Its head office in Berlin, and it has local editions for Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and DĂĽsseldorf.
Welteislehre Welteislehre (also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie) is a theory first published by the Austrian Hans Hörbiger, a refrigeration engineer, in 1913. The basis of the theory is that most objects in our solar system besides Earth and the Sun are made out of ice or are at least covered in an extremely thick layer of it.
Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing also began to use it for their own weight division system.
Welthauptstadt Germania Welthauptstadt ("World Capital") Germania was the name Adolf Hitler gave to the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin, part of his vision for the future of Germany after the proposed victory in World War II. Albert Speer, "the first architect of the Third Reich", produced many of the plans for the rebuilt city, only a few of which were realized.
Welting (knitting) In knitting, welting is the horizontal analog of ribbing; that is, one or more horizontal rows of knit stitches (as seen from the right side) alternating with one or more rows of purl stitches (also as seen from the right side).
Welton Ralph Abell Welton Ralph Abell (May 17, 1922- April 26, 1998) was United States Marine Corps officer serving in World War II and the Korean War, as well as a former advertising executive. Abell was a recipient of the Navy's second-highest decoration — the Navy Cross — for combat valor in the Korean War.
Welton Rural District Welton was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Lincoln rural sanitary district which was in Lindsey - the Kesteven part forming the Branston Rural District.

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