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Weston by Welland
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Church of St Mary the Virgin at Weston by Welland photographed in September 2006
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Weston by Welland
Location within Northamptonshire
Population246 (2011)
OS grid reference SP7791
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Market Harborough
Postcode district LE16
Dialling code 01858
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52°30′57″N0°51′34″W / 52.5159°N 0.8594°W / 52.5159; -0.8594

Weston by Welland is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Northamptonshire administered as part of North Northamptonshire. As its name suggests, it is near to the River Welland that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Leicestershire. The Wheel & Compass pub stands on the village's outskirts. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 141 people, [1] including Sutton Bassett and increasing to 246 at the 2011 Census. [2]

The village's name means 'Western farm/settlement by the River Welland'. [3]

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Weston by Welland CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 30 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. "Key to English Place-names".

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