| Static Image Name: | St Martin's - geograph.org.uk - 231866.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Martin's Church, Welton le Marsh |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Welton le Marsh |
| Coordinates: | 53.195°N 0.2025°W |
| Population: | 212 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Civil Parish: | Welton le Marsh[2] |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Postcode District: | PE23 |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF472686 |
| London Distance Mi: | 115 |
| London Direction: | S |
Welton le Marsh (or Welton in the Marsh)[3] is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 6miles north-east from the town of Spilsby and approximately 5miles south from the town of Alford. The hamlet of Boothby lies within the parish, about 1miles east of Welton le Marsh village.
The name 'Welton le Marsh' derives from the Old English Wella-tun meaning 'farm/settlement with a spring/stream'. Marsh was added to distinguish from the other villages named Welton in Lincolnshire.[4]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin, and was originally medieval, but rebuilt in 1792 of stone and brick, and restored in 1891.[5] It is a Grade II* listed building.[6]
A Neolithic flint axe and perforated stone hammer head were found here in 1948 and 1906.[7] A Bronze Age flanged axe was found just outside moated area at Hanby Hall Farm.[8]
The remains of a motte are located about 275yd east of Hanby Hall Farm. The motte is about 5.5yd high, and surrounded by a ditch.[9] [10]
Thwaite Hall is a Grade II listed building, reputedly part of a former Augustinian Priory, with attached cottage; the present house dates from the 14th century.[11] The Lincs to the Past website describes it as the site of an Augustinian Cell belonging to Thornton Abbey which was recorded in 1440 and which still existed in 1536.[12]
Welton le Marsh has a local public house, The Wheel Inn.
Also within the parish is Candlesby Hill Quarry, a nature reserve which was once Gunby estate chalk pit. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) maintained by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.[13]