GraveyardWoolsthorpe

AMY WELBORN

wife of John

died 3 January 1855

aged 48 years

ANN WELBORN

died 11 April 1855

aged 72 years

BEATRICE WELBORN

daughter of William and Sarah

died 30 April 1872

aged 4 years

EDWARD WELBORN

died 22 June 1778

aged 75 years

ELIZABETH WELBORN

wife of Thomas

(all dates worn off)

ELIZABETH WELBORN

died 28 September 1766

aged 69 years

(THIS HEADSTONE IS SMASHED)

FRANCES WELBORN

daughter of Thomas

died 21 January 1747

aged 13 years

and

FEMALE WELBORN

wife of Thomas

died 3 January 184 - ?

aged 70 years

and

(John ?) WELBORN

died 12 October 1826

aged 62 years

FRANCES WELBORN

daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth

died 12 July 1821

aged 15 years

FRANCES WELBORN

died 7 May 1830

aged 70 years

FRANCES WELBORN

wife of Thomas

died 19 February 1778

aged 75 years

JOHN WELBORN

died 13 November 1826

aged 54 years

JOHN WELBORN

son of William and Sarah

died 21 May 1872

aged 4 years

JOHNY WELBORN

son of Thomas and Mary

died 2 June 1770

aged 5 years

MALE CHILD

son of Thomas and Elizabeth

died 12 July 1821

aged 10 years

MARY WELBORN

wife of Thomas

died 2 March 1816

aged 83 years

THOMAS WELBORN

died 22 February 1839

aged 80 years

THOMAS WELBORN

husband of Mary

died 25 June 1782

aged 55 years

THOMAS WELBORN

died 17 February 1745

aged 48 years

WILLIAM WELBORN

died 22 November 1861

aged 72 years

WILLIAM WELBORN

died 18 July 1833

aged 35 years

WILLIAM WELBORN

Husband of Sarah

died 29 November 1875

WILLIAM THOS WELBORN

infant son of

William and Sarah

died 11 December 1860

Wolsthorpe, or Wolstrop, one of the antient manors belonging to the lords of Belvoir, is situated
in the county of Lincoln, about a mile East of Belvoir castle ; and consists of near 2000 acres of
old and new inclosures, all (except three freeholds) the property of the duke of Rutland.

In 1645, this antient church, being on an eminance, about half a mile South from the town, which
commanded the castle 3, was occupied by the batteries of the besiegers till it became itself the
scene of ruin so well represented by Mr. Peters in plate XX. It is said, by tradition, to have been
burnt down by a party of the Pariamentary soldiers who lodged there, and at their departure set
fire to the straw on which they lay. And this tradition is the more probable, as pieces of melted
lead have frequently been found in the rubbish ; of which I was myself a witness, in June 1792,
when a grave was digging in the chancel for an infant of the present very excellent rector.

From this demolition till the year 1791, the place of worship was a chapel in the centre of the
town, a more convenient situation, probably built after the destruction of the church, though it
had a more antient appearance ; having on the roof two very small bells betwixt the nave and
the chancel, which formed the whole of the building ; till, having been for a some time in a
ruinous state, it was last year taken down, and a new one is now rebuilding on the same spot,
with materials from the ruins of Belvoir priory, which were hewed out for a steeple when I was
there in June 1792 : but the old churchyard is still the only burying-place for the dead.
Marriages were solemnized in the ruins, sheltered from the weather only by the branches of an
alder-tree. The last wedding was in the year 1760 ; since which time the ceremony has been
performed in the chapel.