Wellow is a village in

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, 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

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, 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

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of Grimston, which now forms part of the Manor of Wellow. To the north east is Jordan Castle, a

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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

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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,

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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 Jordan Foliot (c. 1249-1298) was son of Richard Foliot (-1290), Knight of Jordan Castle, and Margery de Stuteville daughter of William de Stuteville (- c. 1259) and Margaret de Say (- c. 1243). Richard had the Rights of Stallage of the Marke ...

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de Foliot,

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of Jordon Castle was granted the power to embattle his dwelling at Jordon Castle, he was the

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of Grimston, and Wellow, and of Besthorpe, with the

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of Grimston, and its members, in Kirton Schidrintune, in Willoughby, and Walesby, in Besthorpe, and Carleton, and in Franesfeild.

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and Walesby have been held as Sub Manor of Wellow and Grimston. There was an

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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

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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

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north of Watford, over parts of which the Wellow toftholders still have grazing rights. The village is associated with

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. An historian has claimed Robin Hood was a pseudonym by which the ancient

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of Wellow were once known.Molyneux-Smith, Tony. 1998. ''Robin Hood and the Lords of Wellow''. Nottingham: Nottingham County Council Leisure Services Department

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* http://www.britannia.com/tours/rhood/wellow.html * http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76963 - Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire volume 3 by John Throsby 1796 P.199-203 'Welley, Grymston' {{authority control Newark and Sherwood Villages in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

History of The Lordship of the Manor of Wellow

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