Welby
- The parish was in the Grantham sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1891, when the district was re-organized, this parish became part of the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 624 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2103 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2352 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3363 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2586 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartolomew (sometimes given as "Bartholomew").
- The church appears to date from late Norman times.
- The nave was rebuilt around 1500.
- The church was restored in 1846.
- The church seats 240.
- A photograph of Saint Bartolomew's church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Bartolomew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Bartolomew Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register exists from 1562 (some sources give 1569).
- The parish lies in the Lovenden Deanery, for which several Marriage Indexes exist.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a Loan Library service which has the parish registers on microfiche for Baptisms and Marriages from 1570 to 1812.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1866. For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Grantham sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- In 1891, when the district was re-organized, this parish became part of the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are just 4 miles east-northeast of Grantham, off the A52 trunk road to the north. Londonthorpe parish lies to the west, separated from Welby by the old Roman Road "Ermine Street". The parish covers just over 2,700 acres.
The village of Welby sits in a small vale. If you are planning a visit:
- Welby held an annual Parish Feast. Here is an undated photo, circa 1890, of the men and boys of Welby gathered for the feast. Note the references to the NORTHING family. Also, all the men appear to be wearing white gloves and a ribbon on their chest. Photo provided by Dorothy WAINWRIGHT.
- The national grid reference is SK 9738.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for resources.
For a photograph of the Welby War Memorial and the names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.
- In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is rendered as Welle+bi, from the Old Scandinavian "village by a spring".
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Aswardhurn Wapentake in the South Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire reports that the parish is in the Winnibriggs and Threo Wapentake as does the current Vision of Britain website.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Spittlegate (Grantham) petty session hearings.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1776.
- In 1780, four almshouses were established here by William WELBY.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
236 |
| 1811 |
275 |
| 1821 |
236 |
| 1831 |
377 |
| 1841 |
475 |
| 1851 |
481 |
| 1861 |
499 |
| 1871 |
490 |
| 1881 |
390 |
| 1891 |
376 |
| 1901 |
385 |
| 1911 |
386 |
| 1971 |
137 |
- The first school was established here in 1780 by William WELBY. His intent was to teach ten poor children from the parish.
- That school was rebuilt here in 1869 and enlarged in 1887 to seat 95 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 14-March-2015
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