Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Welton village lies at the southern end of Welton dale; both village and valley have been long appreciated for their picturesque qualities. Welton was recorded in Domesday Book in the 11th century as "Welleton", then a small village with 53 persons recorded and no church. the area is the site of several springs, (see also gipseys) including St Annes Well in the grounds of the former Welton House. The name 'Welton with Melton', and sometimes 'Welton cum Melton' has been used to differentiate from other larger nearby towns called Welton, such as Welton, Lincolnshire. In 1519 the first recorded instance of an accidental fatal shooting in England was recorded at Welton. The highwayman Dick Turpin was charged with horse theft from Thomas Creasy at Welton in 1739 and later tried and hanged in York, in local legend he was arrested at the Green Dragon in Welton. Enclosure of the township was enabled by the '''' (24 Geo. 2. c. 22 ), the '' (11 Geo. 3. c. 52 ), and the '' (12 Geo. 3. c. 61'' ). The Williamson's, merchants of Hull undertook much of the tree plantation along the roads around Welton, and in Welton Dale. Welton Mill located at the northern edge of the village at the bottom of Welton dale was constructed in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and altered in 1861; it is a five-storey brick built building, with a breastshot water wheel of diameter.), Welton Hall (about 1770), Welton House (rebuilt 1769/9) Welton Garth (1830s), and the vicarage of the church of St Helen's. The mill (High Mill) and pond at the northern outskirts of the village at the bottom of Melton Dale were also established. both Wesleyans and Primitives had chapels built in 1815 and 1869 respectively. Welton House was demolished in 1952, Welton was made a conservation area in 1974, several village buildings built during the 18th and 19th century are grade II listed, as are the larger houses of Welton Hill, Welton Lodge, Welton Grange, Welton Manor, and Welton Hill. The Green Dragon, Welton Mill, St Helen's church and the memorial fountain on the village green are also listed. St Helen's church It has been speculated that a church existed in Welton before 1100, the current church is thought to date from the reign of William Rufus; coins from the period were found in the foundations of part of the church during its 19th-century restoration. The church was restored several times through its history; in the 1860s a substantial restoration of the church took place, at a cost of £6,000 funded by a Miss Broadley of Welton. The restoration was by George Gilbert Scott, resulting in a church in a 13th-century gothic revival style; the resulting structure was essentially rebuilt and added a south aisle and north transept, with some 15th-century columns and arches, and a piscina retained, a scalloped column capital, an effigy of a knight, and a lancet window date to the 12th and 13th centuries. The restoration also introduced stained glass windows by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier. The church was grade II* listed in 1968. ==Welton civil parish==

The main habitation in Welton civil parish is Welton village; the village of Melton is the only other village sized habitation; Wauldby, a former village, consists of a manor house, farm buildings and cottages. The parish is primarily rural, the northern part is within the Yorkshire Wolds with a high point of in the north-west of the parish, the southern part is in low-lying land on the banks of the Humber Estuary at an elevation of around or less. evidence of iron working at the site has also been found. A linear Roman villa existed at Welton Wold, thought to be the earliest example in the East Riding, the Roman villa was demolished by 340 AD, and the entire location destroyed by quarrying in the 20th century. At the time of the first inclosure act affecting Welton (1751) the banks of the Humber were improved, preventing flooding of approximately of "Welton Ings", with drains constructed, and roads made to access the improved pasture. A further were enclosed by a second 1772 act. The parish was enlarged in 1888 by adding part of the chapelry of Melton and then absorbed the rest of it in 1935; the township of Wauldby became part of the parish in 1935. Industrial development altered the physical geography of the parish during the 20th century; in 1892 the only development was a brick and tile works on the Humber bank, excluding numerous small pits dug in the wolds for chalk extraction. Part of the former clay pits in Welton Ings were used as an artificial late, Welton Waters, of , and used for recreational sailing, and other activities. As of 2012, quarrying at Melton Bottom Quarry continues. By 1970 greenhouse based horticulture had started to be developed south of Welton village – this became extensive and extended westwards into the neighbouring parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough by the 1980s; by 2006 this had been reduced in scale, in part due to the expansion of the suburban outskirts of Brough, which by 2006 extended into the western fringe of the parish. == Notable people ==

• Elizabeth Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton, British political advisor, life peer, and journalist • Jacqueline Stieger, sculptor and medallist, has lived and worked at Welton since 1969 ==Notes==