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"WELTON, a parish in the wapentake of HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Melton and the township of Welton, and containing 683 inhabitants, of which number 576 are in the township of Welton, 3 miles S.E. from South Cave. The living is a vicarage, in the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Howdenshire, rated in the king's books at £25, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is supposed to have been built by William Rufus. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A National school has been established here."
"MELTON, a chapelry in the parish of WELTON, wapentake of HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles S.E. from South Cave, containing 107 inhabitants."
[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]