Welby is a village and civil

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 parish in the South Kesteven

South Kesteven

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 district of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, England. It lies 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-east of Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

, and 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) east of the old Roman Road Ermine Street

Ermine Street

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. Neighbouring villages are Aisby, Oasby

Oasby

Oasby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heydour, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east of Grantham.Oasby, Heydour, Aisby, Culverthorpe and Kelby are the five hamlets within Heydour parish....

, and Heydour

Heydour

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. The village has approximately 75 houses.

Welby Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The church originates from the 13th century and is mainly Early English but with a Perpendicular clerestory

Clerestory

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 and porch. In 1873 the north aisle was extended and the chancel

Chancel

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 rebuilt by J. H. Hakewill, who matched the Early English style. Within the porch is a 14th century stone tomb cover with relief depictions of a woman's head and shoulders, within a quatrefoil

Quatrefoil

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 recess, and a shrouded baby. It was originally sited in the graveyard. The church is part of the Loveden

Loveden

Loveden is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln, England, and a former Wapentake.Loveden is located broadly to the North of Grantham and includes the villages from Long Bennington in the west to Culverthorpe in the east, and from Welby in the south as far north as Welbourn...

 Deanery

Deanery

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 of the Diocese of Lincoln

Diocese of Lincoln

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; the incumbent is The Revd Alan Littlewood..

The former rectory

Rectory

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, also a listed building, was designed by Grantham architect Cornelius Sherborne.

In 1885 Kelly's reported a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1866, a school, and four almshouse

Almshouse

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s founded in 1780 by William Welby. The main crops grown in the area were wheat, barley, oats and turnips.

The village road sign includes images of St Bartholomew's church and a cricketer; Welby has a cricket team.
The village public house

Public house

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is the Crown and Anchor.