Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wellow like this:

WELLOW, or Welhove, a hamlet in Great Grimsby parish, Lincoln; near Grimsby. An Augustinian canonry was founded here in the time of Henry I.; and was given, at the dissolution, to Sir T. Henneage.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Wellow by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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