Welham, Nottinghamshire

[citation needed] Welham Grange, an intact house dating from 1667 which listed as a Grade II building by the English Heritage on 1 February 1967.

The Guns Beck stream forms part of the western parish boundary, before feeding into the canal.

[4] In the early 1700s it was considered the waters had medicinal properties and a spa was built by John Henry Hutchinson of Clarborough Hall.

It lost its popularity with the advent of the railways, which allowed travel by locals to other warmer spas.

[6] His spouse Alice Carpenter eventually went to America, remarrying another English settler who became governor of the Plymouth Colony settlement, William Bradford.

[7] The Chesterfield Canal in 1777 was opened to transport minerals and iron from Derbyshire to the River Trent.

By the turn of the 20th century Francis John Savile Foljambe of Osberton Hall, was a notable landowner and Lord of the manor.

There was an influx of workers into the area in the late 1950s when the Cottam and West Burton power stations were built.

A long distance walking path called the Cuckoo Way runs alongside, reusing its towpath.

[14] There are 7 listed structures throughout the hamlet, all at Grade II designation, including:[1] The Sheffield to Lincoln railway line traverses the parish, south west to east, running between Clarborough and Welham.

Whitsunday Pie Bridge 60 at Whitsunday Pie Lock over Chesterfield Canal, Welham
Clarborough Tunnel