In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welney like this:
WELNEY, a chapelry in Upwell parish, Cambridge and Norfolk; on the old Bedford river, 6 miles NE by E of Manea r. station, and 10 ESE of March. It has a post-office under Wisbeach. Acres, 5,292. Real property of the Cambridge part, £5,043; of the Norfolk part, £6,854. Pop., 477 and 624. ...
Houses, 105 and 131. The property is subdivided. Extensive sheets of water, for decoying wild ducks, are here; and form fine skating-ground in winter. A boat, 8 feet below the river's bed, was found in 1635. Roman coins, urns, and other relics, have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,300.* Patron, W. Townley, Esq. The church was built in 1850, and is in the early English style. There are Baptist and Methodist chapels, and a free school.
Welney through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welney in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1736
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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