Welham

Other current and historical names

Weleham
Wale
Walendeham

Parish/Community: Welham
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°31'30"N 0°52'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 476582, 292511
OS Grid: SP765925
Mapcode Local: GBR BRT.N60
Mapcode Global: VHDQM.TSJM

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

Welham in historic gazetteers

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

Welham.-- par., Leicestershire, 4 miles NE. of Market Harborough, 1109 ac., pop. 68.

Welham in the Domesday Book

A village in Gartree hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 42 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnketil of Welham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 18 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Welham, Leicestershire

Welham is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Welham in historic gazetteers

Welham in the Domesday Book