St Bartholomew's Church

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Welby is recorded as having a priest and a church. St Bartholomews's parish register dates from 1569. The south side of the church nave was rebuilt in about 1400. In 1873, the north aisle was extended and the chancel rebuilt by J. H. Hakewill, at a cost of £450, in a style that matched the Early English original. A church organ was added at the same time, at a cost of £140. In 1887 a carved oak Gothic reredos was installed. In the 19th and earlier 20th century, Welby was part of the rural deanery of Grantham North, and archdeaconry and Diocese of Lincoln. The living included a rectory, the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln. In 1824 Rev'd William Dodwell bequeathed…

St Bartholomews's seats 240. It is built in ashlar-dressed limestone rubble, originates from the 13th century, and is Early English and Perpendicular in style. It consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, a west-facing tower with spire, a vestry, and a south porch. The Early English tower contains four bells. It is surmounted by an octagonal broached spire containing two tiers of lucarnes. The panelled parapet above the Perpendicular nave clerestory is pinnacled, and contains shields within quatrefoils on its north side. Of the north side pinnacles only bases remain. The roof is drained by seven gargoyles. The Perpendicular "tall" south porch is surmounted by crocketed pinnacles on its…