Welton le Marsh

Welton le Marsh
St Martin's Church, Welton le Marsh
Welton le Marsh is located in Lincolnshire
Welton le Marsh
Welton le Marsh
Location within Lincolnshire
Population212 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTF472686
• London115 mi (185 km) S
Civil parish
  • Welton le Marsh[2]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSpilsby
Postcode districtPE23
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lincolnshire
53°11′42″N 0°12′09″E / 53.194987°N 0.202503°E / 53.194987; 0.202503

Welton le Marsh (or Welton in the Marsh)[3] is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-east from the town of Spilsby and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south from the town of Alford. The hamlet of Boothby lies within the parish, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Welton le Marsh village.

The name 'Welton le Marsh' derives from the Old English Wella-tun meaning 'farm/settlement with a spring/stream'. Marsh was added to distinguish from the other villages named Welton in Lincolnshire.[4]

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin, and was originally medieval, but rebuilt in 1792 of stone and brick, and restored in 1891.[5] It is a Grade II* listed building.[6]

A Neolithic flint axe and perforated stone hammer head were found here in 1948 and 1906.[7] A Bronze Age flanged axe was found just outside moated area at Hanby Hall Farm.[8]

The remains of a motte are located about 275 yards (251 m) east of Hanby Hall Farm. The motte is about 5.5 yards (5.0 m) high, and surrounded by a ditch.[9][10]

Thwaite Hall is a Grade II listed building, reputedly part of a former Augustinian Priory, with attached cottage; the present house dates from the 14th century.[11] The Lincs to the Past website describes it as the site of an Augustinian Cell belonging to Thornton Abbey which was recorded in 1440 and which still existed in 1536.[12]

Welton le Marsh has a local public house, The Wheel Inn.

Also within the parish is Candlesby Hill Quarry, a nature reserve which was once Gunby estate chalk pit. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) maintained by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ Administrator. "Homepage". Welton le Marsh Parish Council. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1862). Parliamentary Papers. Part 2. Vol. 49. HM Stationery Office. p. 571.
  4. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ "WeltonleMarsh". Genuki. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Church of St Martin, Welton le Marsh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Prehistoric finds from Welton le Marsh". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Bronze Age Flanged Axe". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  9. ^ Davis, Philip. "The Gatehouse Website". The Gatehouse Website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Welton le Marsh Castle Hill". Castle Facts Website. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Thwaite Hall, Welton le Marsh". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  12. ^ "Site of Augustinian Cell at Thwaite Hall, Welton le Marsh". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Candlesby Hill Quarry". Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2011.