Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Welton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish extends to the bank of the Humber estuary at its southern extreme, and into the Yorkshire Wolds in the northern part. The A63 road and Hull to Selby railway line both bisect the parish east-west south of Melton and Welton.The civil parish is formed by the villages of Welton and Melton and the hamlet of Wauldby. According to the 2011 UK census, Welton parish had a population of 2,176, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,560. Welton village is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of the town of Brough on the north side of the A63 road to Kingston upon Hull. It is on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail a long distance footpath.Major landmarks in the parish include Welton Waters, a former clay pit, and home of Welton Sailing Club; Melton Bottom Quarry, a chalk quarry; and the Melton West and Melton Park industrial estates. The exposed boulder clay at Red Cliff on the Humber bank is an archaeological site returning Roman deposits. Minor landmarks and sites of interest include Wauldby Scrogs and Nut wood (now a Woodland Trust property), and the Raikes mausoleum within the wooded valley of Welton Dale.. }
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- Welton,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire abstract "Welton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish extends to the bank of the Humber estuary at its southern extreme, and into the Yorkshire Wolds in the northern part. The A63 road and Hull to Selby railway line both bisect the parish east-west south of Melton and Welton.The civil parish is formed by the villages of Welton and Melton and the hamlet of Wauldby. According to the 2011 UK census, Welton parish had a population of 2,176, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,560. Welton village is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of the town of Brough on the north side of the A63 road to Kingston upon Hull. It is on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail a long distance footpath.Major landmarks in the parish include Welton Waters, a former clay pit, and home of Welton Sailing Club; Melton Bottom Quarry, a chalk quarry; and the Melton West and Melton Park industrial estates. The exposed boulder clay at Red Cliff on the Humber bank is an archaeological site returning Roman deposits. Minor landmarks and sites of interest include Wauldby Scrogs and Nut wood (now a Woodland Trust property), and the Raikes mausoleum within the wooded valley of Welton Dale.".