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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welby like this:
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.
Welby is now part of MELTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how MELTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Welby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welby, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11361
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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