Welby

Other current and historical names

Wellebi

Parish/Community: Welby
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°56'3"N 0°33'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 497387, 338404
OS Grid: SK973384
Mapcode Local: GBR DQ1.53J
Mapcode Global: WHGKJ.HH3X

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Welby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Welby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Welby, par. and vil., Lincolnshire - par., 2740 ac., pop. 390; vil., 4 miles NE. of Grantham; P.O.

Welby in the Domesday Book

A village in Threo hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 37 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 10 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 160 acres
- Woodland: 150 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 53 acres
- Woodland: 80 acres

British Place Names

Welby, Lincolnshire

Welby is a village in Lincolnshire

Welby in historic gazetteers

Welby in the Domesday Book