Welton le Marsh (Welton in the Marsh)
- The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2376 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3394 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3257 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2604 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Martin.
- The present church building was built in 1792 of stone and brick.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1891.
- The church seats 200.
- There is a photograph of St. Martin's Church on the Wendy Parkinson web site.
- Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- There are photos taken around the church at the Photo Album (under Description):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- We have a partial Parish Register extract in a text file for your use. Your additions and corrections are welcome.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has a film copy of the Bishop's Transcripts, 1582 - 1841.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith & Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1874. For information and assistance in researching chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Welton le Marsh (or Welton in the Marsh) is a village and parish about 6 miles east-northeast of Spilsby and 5 miles south of Alford. The parish covers about 2,570 acres and includes the hamlet of Boothby.
If you are planning a visit:
- The village is located just under a mile north off of the A158, the old Horncastle to Skegness road, right where the A1028 trunk road breaks off and heads north.
- See the Lincolnshire Touring and Holidays page on this site.
- Here is a photo album of the village, care of Joanne Hardy
- in 1905, the Skegness Water Company built a resevoir in this parish.
- Boothby Hall is located in the hamlet of Boothby, about a mile east of Welton-le-Marsh.
- The national grid reference is TF 4768.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In March, 1888, this Civil Parish was enlarged by gaining a part of Skendleby Civil Parish.
- In April, 1935, this Civil Parish was enlarged by gaining 33 acres from Candlesby Civil Parish.
- Kelley's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire shows the parish, perhaps erroneously, as in the South Lindsey division of the county. The 1900 edition does the same.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- In 1726 Mr. Thomas INGRAM left a yearly rent-charge of 10s to be distributed to the poor at Easter in bread.
- At the enclosure of the Common Lands, the poor were allocated 5 acres rent free.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
184 |
| 1811 |
281 |
| 1821 |
356 |
| 1831 |
363 |
| 1841 |
396 |
| 1871 |
448 |
| 1881 |
375 |
| 1891 |
322 |
| 1901 |
265 |
| 1911 |
280 |
- There was a small Public Elementary School here by 1900. In that year, it had 45 students.
- See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
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[Last updated: 20-July-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
