He appears scarcely to have left his native town, except when he went to London for a month at the date of his formal admission as a solicitor.
He practised his profession at Stratford until his death, residing continuously in a pleasant old house (Avon Croft 2), part of a mansion formerly belonging to the Clopton family, in Old Town, near the parish church.
Although the ‘Guide’ excludes documents, it contains more information on some points than the ‘History.’ Wheler's last publication was a large quarto pamphlet, now very scarce, entitled ‘Historical and Descriptive Account of the Birthplace of Shakespeare’ (1829); it was illustrated with a plan and nine lithographs by C. F. Green.
Wheler also contributed articles, chiefly on Shakespearean subjects, to the ‘Gentleman's Magazine.’ He was a friend of Britton, author of the ‘Cathedrals of England,’ and corresponded with him.
Wheler left a quarto autograph manuscript volume of ‘Collectanea de Stratford.’ This, together with a portion of his library, his collection of local deeds and original documents, coins, and other relics local and Shakespearean, including a gold signet-ring believed to have belonged to Shakespeare, were given by his sister, Anne Wheler (1783–1870), to the trustees of Shakespeare's Birthplace, and are now located in the Birthplace museum.