GENUKI: Welton le Wold, LIN

Welton le Wold

The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
We have a 1901 census surname list for possible relatives. You are welcome to add your entries.
Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
The table below gives census piece numbers where known.

Census Year	Piece No.
1901	R.G. 13 / 3084

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Martin.
The church was repaired and enlarged in 1838. The church was rebuilt in 1850.
The church seats about 160 people.
There is a photograph of St. Martin's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
Here is a photo of St. Martin's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):

St. Martin's Church

The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
The Lincolnshire FHS has published several Marriage indexes and a Burial index for the Louthesk Deanery to make your search easier.
Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1835. The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel built some time later. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.

The parish was in the Louth sub-district of the Louth Registration District.
Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Welton le Wold is a village and a parish just 3 miles west of Louth in Lincolnshire. The parish covers just over 2,600 acres.

The village is in the Lincolnshire Wolds. If you are planning a visit:

By automobile, take the A157 trunk road west out of Louth for about 3 miles. The village is just to the north of the road.
The village is known for some fine springs nearby.
Visit our touring page for more sources.

The national grid reference is TF 2787.
For a modern map of the area, try: Multimaps.
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.

The parish was in the Wold Division of the ancient Louth Eske Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.

After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Louth Poor Law Union.

In 1860 a large National School was built by subscription, aided by government grants. This replaced the two schools built for boys and girls in 1839.
See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.

[Last updated: 17-May-2008 - Louis R. Mills]