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"WELWICK, a parish in the S. division of Holderness wapentake, East Riding county York, 2 miles S.E. of Patrington. The village is situated about 1½ mile from the mouth of the river Humber. The parish includes the hamlets of Weeton and Holland, and the homesteads of Welwick, Thorpe, and Ploughlands. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, value £105. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains the remains of a monument said to have been removed from Burstall Abbey, and several shields of arms, including those of Edward the Confessor. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, but the meeting-house of the Society of Friends is now converted into a school. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum."
"PLOWLAND, a hamlet in the parish of Welwick, East Riding county York, 2 miles S.E. of Patrington."
"THORPE, a hamlet in the parish of Welwick, East Riding county York, 1 mile S.E. of Patrington."
"WEETON, a hamlet in the parish of Welwick, East Riding county York, 3 miles S.E. of Patrington."
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