Welton Rural District

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Welton Rural District
Former subdivision of United Kingdom
1894–1974
Welton Rural District, Lindsey (1970).svg
Welton Rural District shown within Parts of Lindsey in 1970.
Capital Welton
Area
  Coordinates 53°18′N0°24′W / 53.3°N 0.4°W / 53.3; -0.4
History
  Succeeded by West Lindsey
Status Rural district
Historical era 20th Century
 Established
1894
 Disestablished
1 April 1974
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Lincoln Rural Sanitary District
West Lindsey Blank.png
Today part ofFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Welton was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Lincoln rural sanitary district which was in Lindsey - the Kesteven part forming the Branston Rural District. It was named after Welton.

The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.

List of parishes in Welton Rural District

ParishDescriptionDurationNotes
Aisthorpe parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974also known as East Thorpe
Apley parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Bardney parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Barlings parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Brattleby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Broxholme parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Bullington chapelry, civil parish1894 - 1974
Burton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Caenby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Cammeringham parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Cherry Willingham parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Cold Hanworth parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Coldstead extraparochial, civil parish1894 - 1974
Dunholme parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
East Firsby chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Faldingworth parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Fiskerton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Friesthorpe parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Fulnetby chapelry, civil parish1894 - 1974
Goltho parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Grange de Lings extraparochial, civil parish1894 - 1974
Greetwell parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Hackthorn parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Holton cum Beckering parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Ingham parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Nettleham parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Newball hamlet, civil parish1894 - 1974
Normanby by Spital parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
North Carlton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Owmby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Rand parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Reepham chapelry, civil parish1894 - 1974
Riseholme parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Saxby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Saxelby with Ingleby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974sometimes Saxilby
Scampton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Scothern parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Snarford parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Snelland parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
South Carlton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Spridlington parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Stainfield chapelry, civil parish1894 - 1974
Stainton by Langworth parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Sudbrooke parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
Thorpe in the Fallows parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974also known as West Thorpe
Welton parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974
West Firsby township, civil parish1894 - 1974
Wickenby parish (ancient), civil parish1894 - 1974

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References

Coordinates: 53°18′N0°24′W / 53.3°N 0.4°W / 53.3; -0.4