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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Welton le Marsh (Welton in the Marsh)

Census

• The parish was in the Burgh sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Martin.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1797 and thoroughly restored in 1891.
  
  
• 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):
  
  

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Church Records

• 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 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.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel

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.
  
  

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History

• in 1905, the Skegness Water Company built a resevoir in this parish.
  
  

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Manors

• Boothby Hall is located in the hamlet of Boothby, about a mile east of Welton-le-Marsh.
  
  

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Maps

• 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.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Candleshoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelley's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire shows the parish, perhaps erroneously, as in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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 becvame part of the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• There was a small Public Elementary School here by 1911. In that year, it had 42 students.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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