Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WELTON

WELTON, a parish, with W. village and Ryland hamlet, in the district and county of Lincoln; 3¾ miles NW by W of Langworth r. station, and 6 NNE of Lincoln. It has a post-office under Lincoln. Acres, 3,690. Real property, £6,743. Pop., 692. Houses, 150. Portions of land, in lien of former manorial rights, belong to five prebends in Lincoln cathedral. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is good; and there are three Methodist chapels, Church schools, and several charities.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Welton CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Welton

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