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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welford like this:
WELFORD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Lutterworth and county of Northampton; on a branch of the Grand Junction canal, 2½ miles SE of the Rugby and Stamford railway, and 10 ENE of Rugby. It has a post-office‡ under Rugby, and a r. station. Acres, 3,650. Real property, £6,857. ...
Pop., 1,099. Houses, 263. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £230.* Patron, the Bishop of P. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £6 a year, and charities £45.
Welford is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Welford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welford, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8284
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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