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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welham like this:
WELHAM, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; 2 miles WNW of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 4 NE of Market-Harborough. Post town, Market-Harborough. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £2,585. Pop., 65. Houses, 16. The manor belongs to W. W. Tailby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £240.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1869. Charities, £10.
Welham is now part of HARBOROUGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how HARBOROUGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Welham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welham, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11366
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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