Welford, Northamptonshire

Description
Welford, a parish, with a large village, in Northamptonshire, on a branch of the Grand Junction Canal and the river Avon, 3 miles S from Welford station on the Rugby and Market Harborough section of the L. & N.W.R., and 8 SW from Market Harborough. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Rugby. Acreage, 3132; population, 882. The parish council consists of nine members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Normanton. Hemploe Hall is a chief residence. There is a village reading-room with a library. A new burial ground was consecrated in 1894, the funds having been raised by private subscription. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £218 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, an edifice of stone, has a lofty embattled western tower, and was restored in 1872. There is a Congregational chapel.