Welbury

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Welbury.jpg

| static_image_caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|54.41539|-1.38645|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Welbury

| population = 259

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170216954|title=Welbury Parish |accessdate=4 July 2018}}

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = Northallerton

| postcode_district = DL6

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ399023

}}

Welbury is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Appleton Wiske and {{convert|8|mi|km}} north of Northallerton. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 6 Geld units for taxable purposes and King William being the Lord.{{cite web|title=Place: Welbury|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/NZ3902/welbury/|website=Open Domesday|publisher=Open Domesday Project|accessdate=1 December 2015}} The village was originally in the Union of Northallerton which was in the Wapentake of Birdforth.{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=S|title=Welbury (St Leonard)|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp498-499|website=British History Online|publisher=A Topographical Dictionary of England|accessdate=1 December 2015|pages=498–499|date=1848}} In 1319, the village and fields were destroyed by marauding Scots on their way to meet the English at what would become the Battle of Myton.{{cite web|title=Historical Notes, Welbury|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-436000-501000/page/7|website=Domesday 1986|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 December 2015|date=1986}}{{cite web|title=Parishes: Welbury|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp80-82|website=British History Online|publisher=Victoria County History|accessdate=1 December 2015|pages=80–82}}{{cite web|title=The Battle of Myton-On-Swale|url=http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famdates.php?id=1529|website=Information Britain|accessdate=1 December 2015|date=17 May 2012}}

Since about 1800, the manor of Welbury has been held by the Earl of Harewood.

St Leonard's Church is 9th century{{cite web|title=Welbury history|url=http://welbury.com/history|website=Welbury|accessdate=1 December 2015}} and had renovations in 1815 and 1877. It is in the parish of Welbury in the Diocese of York.{{cite web|title=St Leonard Welbury|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/welbury-st-leonard/|website=A Church Near You|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=1 December 2015}}

Welbury used to have its own railway station just south of the village built by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (later the Leeds Northern Railway) which later became part of the North Eastern Railway. The station opened in 1852 and closed to passengers in 1954. The line is still open and is served by Trans-Pennine expresses between Middlesbrough and Manchester Airport via York and Leeds.{{PastScape|mname=Welbury Station|mnumber=500543|accessdate=1 December 2015}}

Welbury has a village pub, The Duke of Wellington, which gives its land over to the welly wanging championships.{{cite news|title=The woners of welly wanging|url=http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/10656874.The_wonders_of_welly_wanging/|accessdate=1 December 2015|work=Darlington and Stockton Times|date=5 September 2013}}