DISCOVER THE WHELPTON FAMILY

A small section of the Whelpton family tree. If you spot an error - let us know!

The New Anglican Church Seaside watering places like Eastbourne provided a wide range of worship opportunities particularly in the summer for temporary residents who often stayed for several weeks. Visitors were important to the local economy, but the permanent residents gained too from the choices available. Henry Currey, agent and architectural adviser to the 7th Duke of Devonshire would be aware of church architects 'of ability' and their potential to design a church build

Some of the profits made from the Whelpton Pills were ploughed into building a row of almshouses in Horncastle.

Drapers - Gaga's home on the Isle of Wight. The house - much changed, went on the market a few years ago. You can see the details here...

An 1861 advertisement states that the pills were in use at a major county hospital. Proprietary medicines like the pills with potentially...

Details of Whelpton’s pills were included in Martindale’s Pharmacopeia as late as the 1940s. The firm was based at Crane Court, Fleet...