Welcombe Hotel

Some of the lands at Welcombe, which are recorded as part of the manor of Old Stratford, date as far back as 1182 AD. The estate ultimately came into the possession of the Clopton family, into which one of William's three daughters, Martha, had married. Various conveyances of the lands took place in the 18th century and at one point — between 1760 and 1768 — they were divided into three parts. The estate had been acquired by John Lloyd of Snitterfield by 1777 and it later passed to his oldest son, George, who lived there until dying at the age of 63 in 1831. ==Construction==

By 1842, the estate was in the hands of Mark Philips, a Manchester businessman and member of parliament. On Robert's death in 1890, the property was inherited by Caroline, his daughter, who married Sir George Otto Trevelyan. Their third son, eminent Cambridge historian, George Macaulay Trevelyan, was born at Welcombe House in 1876 and later described it: ==Hotel==

George Otto Trevelyan died in 1928, aged 90, and the house was bought by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The company briefly used a Ro-railer to transport people from the station to the hotel, but it was soon phased out as being bumpy and uncomfortable. Bought and operated from the 1990s by Menzies Hotels Group, it was converted it into a spa and golf club occupying an estate of . After Menzies were bankrupted in summer 2012, the hotel was one of 12 sold to Topland Group. It was operated by Bespoke Hotels before being acquired by Conquer Dawn in 2021 with Michels & Taylor taking over operations of the hotel. ==Footnotes==