between parishes, causing the long and thin shape of the parish. Welton's northern and southern extents are less obviously defined. The south follows Horncaslte Lane from the A15, before cutting through the town of Welton and William Farr School until it meets up with a small stream which is followed most of the way to the Barlings Eau. The northern boundary starts in the west at RAF Scampton's 1950s runway extension and follows a vague path through fields until once again reaching the Barlings Eau river near Snarford. Other than the main town of Welton, the civil parish includes several small hamlets, most notably Welton Hill and Welton Cliff, as well as the formerly separate Ryland. There is also evidence for other inhabited places by the names of Welton Heath, Welton Mill, and East Field. Ryland Ryland was a small hamlet to the east of Welton that was seemingly unofficially incorporated in the late 1900s as the village grew. It was also the site of Welton's Primitive Methodist Chapel, which was built in 1859 and closed 100 years later in 1959. It was built out of gault brick with a slate roof, segmental headed windows, and a pointed arch doorway, probably as a replacement for a general meeting place that had been used since 1851. It is currently used as a garage, and has had a garage door inserted into one of the gable ends. The hamlet is also home to a variety of archaeological sites, including numerous Roman artefacts and buildings, as well as Anglo-Saxon, Bronze Age, and Neolithic sites and artefacts, all found in Ryland too. The name Ryland is said to originate from the Old English 'ryge' and 'land', basically meaning a 'strip of land where rye was grown'. Like Welton, and most other places in England, the hamlet was known by other names and spelling variations in the past, such as 'de Riland' from at least 1160 to 1245. The hamlet was recorded as having 97 inhabitants around 1858. Welton Hill In the furthest east of the parish of Welton north-east of the main town is a small hamlet with less than twenty buildings, with attractions including the former Free Methodist chapel and Seven Districts Coffee Roasters. Seven Districts opened on 19 September 2020 in the premises of the former Farmers Arms pub on Market Rasen Road (A46), which had been empty from 2017, apart from