Welton was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Lincoln rural sanitary district which was in Lindsey – the Kesteven part forming the Branston Rural District. It was named after Welton.
The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.
List of parishes in Welton Rural District Parish Description Duration NotesAisthorpeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974also known as East ThorpeApleyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974BardneyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974BarlingsParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974BrattlebyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974BroxholmeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974BullingtonChapelry, civil parish1894–1974BurtonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974CaenbyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974CammeringhamParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Cherry WillinghamParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Cold HanworthParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Coldsteadextraparochial, civil parish1894–1974DunholmeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974East Firsbychapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974FaldingworthParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974FiskertonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974FriesthorpeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974FulnetbyChapelry, civil parish1894–1974GolthoParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Grange de Lingsextraparochial, civil parish1894–1974GreetwellParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974HackthornParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Holton cum BeckeringParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974InghamParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974NettlehamParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Newballhamlet, civil parish1894–1974Normanby by SpitalParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974North CarltonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974OwmbyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974RandParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974ReephamChapelry, civil parish1894–1974RiseholmeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974SaxbyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Saxelby with InglebyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974sometimes SaxilbyScamptonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974ScothernParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974SnarfordParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974SnellandParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974South CarltonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974SpridlingtonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974StainfieldChapelry, civil parish1894–1974Stainton by LangworthParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974SudbrookeParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974Thorpe in the FallowsParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974also known as West ThorpeWeltonParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974West Firsbytownship, civil parish1894–1974WickenbyParish (ancient), civil parish1894–1974
References Welton RD Parts of Lindsey through time – Administrative history of Local Government District: hierarchies, boundaries