Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WELBY

WELBY, a parish, with a village, in Grantham district, Lincoln; 4½ miles E by N of Grantham r. station. Post town, Grantham. Acres, 2,740. Real property, £2,947. Pop., 499. Houses, 96. The manor belongs to Sir W. E. Welby Gregory, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £600.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is old but good There are a national school, 4 alms houses, and some other charities.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Welby AP/CP       Grantham RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Welby

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