Wauldby is a region in the Yorkshire Wolds within the

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of Welton in the

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, England. It contains the gentrified hamlet around Wauldby Manor Farm, and a few other minor dwellings including Little Wauldby Farm. Wauldby was once the site of a village; the habitation was abandoned in mediaeval times.

Geography

Wauldby is situated approximately north of Welton and west of Willerby. It is within the Yorkshire Wolds beyond the head of Welton Dale, at a height of approximately with a local high point of . The area is entirely rural; there are two minor dwellings: Little Waulby Farm and Waulby Manor Farm with church, manor house outbuildings and cottages, and a pond ''Wauldby Dam''. Most of the land is enclosed field system, there are also minor woods and plantations including the

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managed ''Nut Wood and Wauldby Scrogs''.

History

Wauldby was recorded in the 11th century ''

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'' survey as "Waldbi", with a population, together with

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, of 36 villeins, 3 smallholders and a priest. The name ''Waldbi'' is thought to mean " laceon the wold", and is Scandinavian in origin. The original village was depopulated during the mediaeval period. The area underwent

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after 1796. In the 1850s the township of Waulby covered and contained 49 people. Wauldby Manor Farm - geograph

In 1835 a chapel was built on the site of an older

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by Anne Raikes the then landowner. It was built in

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13th century style, and is thought to be designed by J. L. Pearson. Wauldby Hall, also known as Waulby Manor, was rebuilt in 1839. The house was refurbished in the 1960s by Francis Johnson. The church's

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was removed in 1980, and both the manor and church building became grade II listed buildings in 1988. The house, church and of grounds were put up for sale in 2009 at a price of £1.55 million.

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* * {{East Yorkshire, state=collapsed Deserted medieval villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire