Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WELBY

WELBY, a chapelry in Melton-Mowbray parish, Leicester; 2 miles NW by W of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Real property, £1,488. Pop., 64. Houses, 8. The manor belongs to Sir W. E. Welby, Bart. The living is annexed to Melton-Mowbray. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Melton Mowbray AP/CP       Welby CP/Tn/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Welby

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