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Presently, the largest businesses in town are Wellesley Apple Products (founded in 1922), two hardware and lumber retailers, two feed retailers, a gas station, a bank, an arena, an accessible playground, a splash pad, a community centre, a grocery store, a drug store, a furniture store, a funeral home, retirement residences, three auto body ...
Funeral Services Limited, trading as Co-op Funeralcare, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operative Group, based in Manchester, [1] which operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is the largest funeral director in the United Kingdom, accounting for 16.5% of the "at need" funeral market during 2016. [2]
Michael Wellesley, Viscount Dagan (1915–1922), who died young. [1] Lady Patricia Mary Anne Wellesley (1918–1944), who served with the Women's Royal Naval Service during the World War II. [14] Denis Arthur Wellesley, 5th Earl Cowley (1921–1968), who married Elizabeth Papillon, daughter of Pelham Papillon, in 1944. They divorced in 1950 and ...
Topiary 'Italian Garden' on the H.H. Hunnewell estate circa 1909.. The origin of the Hunnewell estates dates to 1763 when Samuel Welles (1725-1799) made his first purchase of Indian lands in Natick and West Needham (later Wellesley).
During the first part of the 20th century there were 20 contiguous estates for him and his family in Wellesley. [10] Among other miscellaneous activities, Hunnewell owned the home in which Horatio Alger's father lived until his death, now called the Horatio Alger House in Natick, Massachusetts. Oliver Bacon had built this house about 1824, and ...
Wellesley is the longest running Tree City USA community of any city or town in Massachusetts. Wellesley's Tree Bylaw became effective July 1, 2011, requiring property owners to protect certain trees and critical root zones during construction projects, and replace trees that are cut down or donate money to a special tree fund.
Lord Richard Gerald Wellesley (20 June 1949); married Joanna Sumner on 14 July 1973. They have two daughters. Lady (Caroline) Jane Wellesley (6 July 1951) Lord John Henry Wellesley (20 April 1954); married Corinne Vaes, daughter of a Belgian diplomat, on 7 May 1977. They have two children. Father-in-law of singer James Blunt.
Leverton & Sons won a prize at the Good Funeral Awards in 2013 for introducing an environmentally-friendly electric-powered hearse. [10] In 2014 Leverton & Sons were featured in an episode of the BBC's The One Show, filmed in November 2013. [3] In July 2022 the firm acquired the first Nissan Leaf electric-powered hearse.