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WELCHES-DAM. 767 WELLESBOURNE-HASTINGS. Ermine Street. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 600, in the patron, of the Prebendary of South Grantham, in Salisbury Cathedral. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The parochial charities produce about 60 per annum, of which 25 belong to Dodwell's school and almshouses. The principal seat is Denton Hall, the property of Sir Glynne E. Welby, Bart., who is lord of the manor. WELCHES-DAM, an ext. par. lib. in the hund. of South Witchfjrd, co. Cambridge, G miles K.W. of Ely. It is situated in the Isle of Ely, near the Old Bedford river. WELCOMES, a par. in the hund. of Hartland, co. Devon, 5 miles S.W. of Hartland. It is situated on the Cornish border, near the coast of the Bristol Channel, which bounds the parish on the W. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 60. The church is dedicated to St. Nectan. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Lord Clinton is lord of the manor. WELDON, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Corby, co. Northampton, 8 miles N.W. of Oundle, and 4 E. of Rockingham. The par. includes the limit, of Little Weldon. The village was formerly a market town, but the market-house, erected by Viscount Hatton, over which were the sessions chambers, was pulled down at the beginning of the present century. On a hill, at a little distance from a branch of the river Nene, are the remains of an ancient town. There are some freestone quarries. Weldon gives name to a deanery. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 209. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Independents have a chapel. There are National schools. The paro- chial charities produce about 8 per annum. In an enclosure called Chapel-Field were found in 1738 the pavements of a Roman villa, forming a double square, measuring 100 feet by 50, with the foundations of a stone wall and numerous coins of the lower empire. A fair is held on the Thursday following the second Sunday in July. The Earl of Winchelsea is lord of the manor. WELFORD, a par. in the hunds. of Kintbury-Eagle and Faircross, co. Berks, 5 miles N.W. of Newbury. It is situated on the river Lambourn, and includes the chplry. of Wickham and the hmlts. of Easton, Weston, Bnd Hoe Benham. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford val. with the cur. of Wickham annexed, 1,500. The church, dedicated to St. Gregory, has undergone extensive repairs, and contains some stone stalls. The chapel-of-ease at Wickham is dedicated to St. Swithin. There are National and Sunday schools, chiefly supported by C. Eyre, Esq., who is lord of the manor. WELFORD, a par. in the hund. of Guilsborongh, CO. Northampton, 8 miles S.W. of Market-Harborough, and 14 N.W. of Northampton. It is a station on the Rugby branch of the London and North- Western rail- way. The village is situated on the river Avon, which here separates the cos. of Northampton and Leicester, and near the Grand Union canal. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. '230, in the patron of the Bishop of Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. The Independents have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 60 per annum, of which 16 belong to the free school. Lord Norman- ton is lord of the manor. WELFORD, a par. partly in the Stratford div. of the hund. of Barlichway, co. Warwick, but chiefly in the upper div. of Deerhurst hund., co. Gloucester, 4 miles S. V. of Stratford-on-Avon. It is situated on the river Avon, and contains the hmlts. of Bickmarsh and Little Dorsington. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 450. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. Earl Amherst is lord of the manor. WELHA5I, a hmlt. in the par. of Norton, East Riding co. York, 1J mile S.W. of New Malton. WKLHAM, i par. in the hund. of Gartreo, co. Leicester, 4 miles N.E. of Market-Harborough. The village is situated on the river Welland. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 150. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial charities produce about 10 per annum. WELL, a par. in the Wold div. of Calceworth hund., co. Lincoln, 5 miles N.E. of Spilsby, and 1 mile S.W. of Alford railway station. This place takes its namo from a spring which rises within the parish, and dis- charges itself into the sea at Anderby Creek. The vil- lage contains the old seat of the Dashwoods, called Well Vale, and now the residence of T. Cartwright, Esq. It is a meet for the South Wold hounds. The living is a root in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. with Claxby, 375. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. It is entitled to send free scholars to Oxford grammar school, and there is a joint parochial school for the pars, of Well, Rigsby, and Ulceby. On the wolds are three British barrows, and in 1725 two urns were found filled with Roman coins. WELL, a par. in the wap. of East Hang, North Riding co. York, 4 miles S.W. of Bedale, and 3 E. of Masham. It includes the tnshp. and vil. of Snape and the hmlts. of Langley and Langwith. It takes its name from a spring or well near St. Michael's hospital, founded in 1342 by Ralph Neville for eight poor men and eight women, and which is still extant. Snape Castle or Hall is a large castellated building, partly in ruins, said to have been rebuilt by the Latimers in tho reign of Henry VI., and near it is Thorp Perrow, the residence of Mark Milbank, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 130. Tho church is dedicated to St. James. The interior was restored in 1854, at the expense of C. Chaplin and Mark Milbank, Esqs., when several stained windows were inserted by the Earl of Stamford and the Milbank family. In tho S. chapel is an altar- tomb of the last Lord Latimer, stepson of Catherine Pan', and in the S. aisle is an alto-reliero by Westmacott to Lady Margaret Milbank, also a brass of Lady Dorothy Neville. Tho Wesleyans have a chapel, and there are two endowed schools. The charities produce about 270 per annum. WELL, a hmlt. in the par. of Ickham, co. Kent, 4 milos E. of Canterbury. WELL, a wap. in the parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, contains tho pars, of Burton Gate, Kettlethorpe, Knaith, Marton, Newton-on-Trent, Stow, Upton, Wil- lingham, and part of Torksey ; comprising an area of near 20,000 acres. WELLAND, a par. in tho lower div. of Oswaldslow hund., co. Worcester, 3 miles S.W. of Upton-on-Severn. Tho village is situated near the Malvern hills. The parish, which is partly in common, is a meet for the Ledbury hounds. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 380, in the patron, of tho lord chan- cellor. Tho church is dedicated to St. James. The charities consist of poor's land, let for about 16 per annum. Races take place in July. WELLAND, or WALLING, a div. of Romnoy Marsh, between Rhee Wall and Lydd, co. Kent. It is chiefly in pasture. WELLAND, a river rising near Sibbertoft, on the borders of cos. Leicester and Northampton, and, after a course of 70 miles, falls into the Wash at Fosdyko in Lincolnshire. WELLESBOROUGH, a hmlt. in the par. of Sibson, co. Leicester, 3 miles S.W. of Market-Bosworth. It is situated near the river Sence, and is joined with Temple Hall. WELLESBOURNE-HASTINGS, a par. in the War- wick div. of Kington hund., co. Warwick, 5 miles from Stratford-on-Avon, and 6 from Warwick. It is situated on a branch of the river Avon. The par. includes tho ecclesiastical district of Walton, and the hmlt. of Wel- lesbourne-Mountford, which is separately rated. The village was formerly a place of more importance than at present, and had a charter granted by Edward I. for a weekly market and an annual fair. It is a meet for the Warwickshire hounds. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Worcester, val. 425, in tho patron, of the loid