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Wellow, Nottinghamshire

Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_caption	St Swithin's church, Wellow
coordinates
official_name	Wellow
population	463
population_ref	(2021)
shire_district	Newark and Sherwood
shire_county	Nottinghamshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Newark
post_town	NEWARK
postcode_district	NG22
postcode_area	NG
dial_code	01623
os_grid_reference	SK 669662
type	Village and civil parish
static_image_name	St Swithin's church, Wellow - geograph.org.uk - 4742752.jpg
london_distance_mi	120
london_direction	SSE
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	12
mapframe-point	none
static_image_2_caption	Parish map
area_total_sq_mi	2

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Wellow is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 444, increasing to 470 at the 2011 census, but falling slightly to 463 at the 2021 census.

It has a village green and a maypole, which is still in use. The parish church of St Swithin is 12th century, which was restored, with a new chancel, in 1878–9. On the east and south sides of the village are the remains of a defensive ditch, which originally encircled the village. To the south is the deserted medieval village of Grimston, which now forms part of the Manor of Wellow. To the north east is Jordan Castle, a Norman ringwork consisting of a circular earthwork surrounded by a bank and ditch.

Wellow also has, in Wellow Park, the largest remaining example of ash-wych elm woodland in Nottinghamshire.

History of The Lordship of the Manor of Wellow

The manors of Wellow and Grimston have anciently been held by the lords of Jordon Castle, and the lords of the manor of Wellow

In 1290 Richard Foliot, Knight of Jordon Castle had the rights of Stallage of the market and fair on St. Swithuns day valued at 40s yearly in Wellow.

Jordan Foliot, Baron de Foliot, Lord of Jordon Castle was granted the power to embattle his dwelling at Jordon Castle, he was the Lord of the Manor of Grimston, and Wellow, and of Besthorpe, with the Soc of Grimston, and its members, in Kirton Schidrintune, in Willoughby, and Walesby, in Besthorpe, and Carleton, and in Franesfeild.

Cratley and Walesby have been held as Sub Manor of Wellow and Grimston.

There was an assize in the time of King John, between the Abbot of Rufford, and William, son of Robert, and others, concerning Common of Pasture in Wellow and Grimston, The Abbot pleaded that they could not claim nor have any common of pasture in the pasture of the said Abbot, nor he in theirs, because the said lands and pastures were granted from lands of divers Baronies (or lordships) viz. of the Barony of Robert de Cauz, and the Barony of Gilbert de Gant, and that bounds were made between them, that neither Barony could have Common of Pasture in the other, and produced the letters of King John, which testified to these facts.

Wellow is reputed to have the second largest acreage of registered common land north of Watford, over parts of which the Wellow toftholders still have grazing rights.

The village is associated with Robin Hood. An historian has claimed Robin Hood was a pseudonym by which the ancient Lords of Wellow were once known.

References

Neighbourhood Statistics. "Area:Wellow CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"Wellow (Newark and Sherwood) parish".
Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''. page 372-373.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
John Throsby. (1796). "Welley, Grymston". Institute of Historical Research.
"Crastell {{pipe}} Domesday Book". Domesdaymap.co.uk.
"Walesby {{pipe}} Domesday Book". Domesdaymap.co.uk.
[[Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire. Thoroton Society Record Series]] Vol XXX ,ed. C J Holdsworth, Rufford Charters, Vol 2, p.199-203.
Clive Aslet 20 October 2007 Comments. (20 October 2007). ""Telegraph", 'Village Voice', 20 October 2007". Telegraph.co.uk.
Molyneux-Smith, Tony. 1998. ''Robin Hood and the Lords of Wellow''. Nottingham: Nottingham County Council Leisure Services Department

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