Welham is a place in the civil parish of
Malton, in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England. It is situated south west of Malton.
The Malton & Norton Golf Club is located north of the locality. Welham Hall is the main residence.
History
In the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
, Welham in the hundred of Scard, is mentioned as being held in 1066 by Edeva, wife of Topi, and in 1086 by
Ranulph de Mortimer
Ranulph I de Mortimer (''Ralf'', ''Ralph'', ''Raoul de Mortemer'') (born before –died in/after 1104) was a Marcher Lord from the Montgomery lands in the Welsh Marches (border lands between Wales and England). In England, he was Lord of Wigmore ...
.
References
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Populated places in North Yorkshire