Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WELBURN

WELBURN, a township in Bulmer parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near Castle-Howard, 5 miles SW by W of New Malton. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 750. Real property, £1,419. Pop., 575. Houses, 121. A handsome church was built here in 1865, by the late Earl of Carlisle, as a memorial of his mother; and stands on a conspicuous height, in full view of Castle-Howard.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bulmer AP/CP       Welburn Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Welburn

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