Glancing through some old maps kindly georeferenced by the NLS I see that Weston-s-M used to have a column some 250 m SW of the current railway station and marked 'To Commemorate the passing of the Reform Bill 1832'. The map's date  should be known by those knowledgeable, as the new loop station has just been built but disused tracks still lie on the abandoned Weston Branch.

By 1902 - click here for map - it had gone with houses in its place. Is there any information about this column known to the locals? My Google-foo has deserted me.

And here's something about local builder Richard Parsley himself - with some alternative facts (or "facts"), such as:

The 25" map showing the column says "surveyed 1885", which is consistent with the 1888 demolition date.

Wow, that was a bit strong! I certainly did try with, what I thought were, suitable key words but came up blank. Perhaps I shouldn't have asked but I honestly expected a friendlier reply - sorry.

Thanks - I shall consider my leg duly pulled!

Reading the link, I see he built it as a pig sty as a protest against enfranchising a small quantity of the masses - it appears that the previous corrupt and wildly undemocratic system with its Rotten Boroughs was more to his liking. He seems to have been 'quite a character'.