Welwyn
Adjacent Parishes: Ayot St Peter, Codicote, Datchworth, Digswell, Knebworth, Tewin
Welwyn is in Broadwater Hundred and the Welwyn Union
The Welwyn Union contained the parishes of Ayot St Lawrence, Ayot St Peter, Digswell, Welwyn
See Also Welwyn Garden City
Detail from Charles Smith's map of Hertfordshire (1808 edition)
WELWYN, a small town in the Maran Valley, can show little of interest beyond many quaint cottages, and the church, famous as that in which Dr. Edward Young, author of Night Thoughts, officiated from 1730 to 1765. He was buried in the church; the mural memorial to him was erected by his son. The Church is Decorated, with Early English portions; the piscina in the chancel is ancient, the sedilia is modern. An inventory of church furniture, taken in 1541, shows that there were formerly three alters in it. The avenue of limes in the rectory grounds were planted by Young; there is a Latin inscription to the poet on a pedestal at its upper end. His son was visited here by Dr. Johnson and James Boswell. The Walk S.E. to the station (1¼ mile) commands a fine view of the Great Northern viaduct of forty arches over the deeper portion of the Maran Valley. [see Digswell] On the opposite (left) side of the road is Locksleys, a good mansion by the river side, surrounded by charming grounds. One mile S. is The Frythe, long the residence of the Wilshere family; at a rather less distance N. is Danesbury, a prettily designed mansion in a small park. ... [quote linking the Danes with Danesbury] One of the springs in the neighbourhood, now disused, was famous in Young's day for its chalybeate waters. |
Welwyn High Street - circa 1920
Book: Welwyn Beginning
Welwyn Police Station - posted 1909
This card was published by "E. Ashby, Welwyn" and the 1902 Kelly's Directory for Hertfordshire lists "Ashby, Elizabeth & Sarah (Misses), Stationers and Fancy Repository" By 1912 the entry was "Ashby, Elizabeth (Miss), stationer."
Book: Of Local Interest - A Book of Welwyn Pubs
Book: The Book of Welwyn
Great North Road, Welwyn - dated 1904
Museum: Mill Green Museum - For details see hertsmuseums.org.uk/millgreen
Museum: Welwyn Roman Baths - For details see hertsmuseums.org.uk/welwyn-roman-baths
The Frythe, Welwyn
From Hertfordshire
Countryside Illustrated - Spring 1958
Topics: The Welwyn Floods of 1795
Church Street, Welwyn -
Frith card circa 1950s
Web Site: The Welwyn History Society has a useful web site at www.welwynhistory.org which includes details of their meetings and publications and other useful information.
Web Site: www.welwyn.org.uk is run by the Anglican churches of the area (St Michael's, Woolmer Green; St Mary's, Welwyn and Ayot St Peter). One of the features is a record of the tombstones in the churchyard of St Mary's, the memorials within the church, and the names recorded from tombstones in 1906 which have not survived. The list includes:
