The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) off the A361 that runs between Daventry and Crick where the A5 and the M1 junction 18 gives access to the national motorway network north and south.

To the east the boundary is marked with the route of the A5 Watling Street, the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts, and later improved and paved by the Romans.

The name Welton derives from the Old English meaning Wel or spring and Ton being the Saxon word for a village.

The tenants pre-conquest was Wulfrner from the Count of Mortain, Osbern from Hugh de Grandmesnil and Leofric from the Countess Judith.

At the western end there is a square tower with corner buttresses, which dates from the beginning of the 14th century.

Also of interest is the wooden alms box which has a carved open palm on top and stands by the south door.

In front of the altar at the eastern end of the church there is a 19th-century polychrome marbles and malachite floor which is reputed to be a Russian gift.

There are 2 designated activity areas, staff room, administration office and headmasters study.

Welton Place was known to the locals as 'The Big House' and it had been in the possession of the Clarke family for a further century after its completion.

[11] Eventually the house was rented to Major Harry Sebastian Garrard[12] who was the Crown Jeweller, who was world-renowned for important jewellery works.

His work includes a small diamond crown created in 1870 Queen Victoria, which she often dressed in and is one of her most enduring images.

Local folklore says that royalty may have visited Welton Place but no evidence has been uncovered to substantiate this claim.