12-609: Welham or Wellham may refer to: Places [ edit ] Welham, Leicestershire , England Welham, Malton , North Yorkshire, England Welham, Nottinghamshire , England Welham, Somerset , England; a UK location Welham Boys' School , India Welham Girls' School , India People with the surname [ edit ] Kris Welham (born 1987), English rugby league player Tom Welham , British musician Dirk Wellham (born 1959), Australian cricketer Wally Wellham (born 1932), Australian cricketer Topics referred to by
24-507: A United Steel Companies subsidiary. The house is one of the stately homes of England associated with the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough . It is now the private home of Henry Noel, Viscount Campden, the son and heir of Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough . Although not normally open to the public, it is available for hire for a limited number of private weddings. In the park is Fort Henry,
36-603: Is an English country house on the western edge of the village of Exton, Rutland , England , standing in its own extensive park, and is the country seat of the Earls of Gainsborough . Exton Hall was previously the seat of the family of Sir James Harington . An earlier mansion, which burnt down in 1810, is now a ruin, with grand gables and beautiful chimneys, as in many Elizabethan houses. The ruins are on Historic England 's Heritage at Risk Register , at priority category: C - "slow decay; no solution agreed". The present Exton Hall
48-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Welham, Leicestershire Welham is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire , England. Welham lies 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Market Harborough . The village is situated on the north bank of the River Welland , which forms the border with
60-563: The Park. Sundew , the world's largest walking dragline, worked the land from 1957 until 1974, when mining ceased. Sundew then slowly walked to Corby . Material was moved by a standard-gauge railway with a loop of nine miles and a link to the exchange sidings at what is now Rutland Railway Museum 's site to the West of Cottesmore Village. The railway was mostly operated by Yorkshire Engine Company steam and diesel locomotives, Yorkshire Engine Company being
72-519: The River Welland here. The current (2020) stone bridge has three spans with the river entering the middle span. It was built in 1880 after the second bridge was destroyed by floods. The current bridge has been a class 2 listed building since 1984. The second bridge was a four span bridge and it was the first built with public money. It was designed by Joseph Vinrace and built of brick in 1810. The first bridge had been built for private use only by
84-501: The bridge at Welham. He rebuilt the houses on the north side of the road in 1720 and he had an Inn built based on the Red Lion at Northampton. However his cunning plan was not well received. The road was not diverted so Francis decided to live in his partially completed new buildings. Francis was credited with founding Kibworth Grammar School The local church, Saint Andrew, contains a memorial to its benefactor Francis Edwards. The memorial
96-592: The neighbouring county of Northamptonshire . The population is included in the civil parish of Slawston . The village has been here since before the Norman conquest. Earl Ralph of Hereford who died in 1057 had five ploughs here and someone named Archil had two. Francis Edwards was the Lord of the Manor and he floated the idea of diverting the main London road over the River Welland via
108-531: The owners of Old Hall in 1678. The owners would only allow others to use it in times of freezing or flood - when the alternative (a ford) became impassable. The ford, to the west side of the bridge, became unusable in the middle of the 18th century and the public were then allowed to share the bridge at all times. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 40. There is a public house , The Old Red Lion . [REDACTED] Media related to Welham at Wikimedia Commons Exton Park Exton Hall
120-500: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Welham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welham&oldid=1247339096 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
132-533: Was built in the 19th century close to the ruins of the original house. In 1869 a Roman Catholic chapel, dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury was added, to a design by Charles Alban Buckler . The house was used by elements of the U.S. Army Air Force during the Second World War. In 1948, Anthony Noel, 5th Earl of Gainsborough , granted the United Steel Companies a lease to quarry ironstone in
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#1732849008993144-796: Was paid for by his daughter. He died in 1729. He had married well and when he died he made his daughter Mary Edwards the richest woman in England. She was probably born in London, but her father was "of Welham Grove" and she was said to have been "of Welham" after her (kind of) marriage ended in 1734. She now had a son, Gerard-Anne Edwards, and when she died she was buried simply but beside her father in St Andrews Church in Welham. She had taken great care with her son's education and she transferred all her wealth to him. He married Diana, Baroness Barham and he inherited Exton Park . There have been three bridges over
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