In November 1969, the most of the village was made a designated conservation area. Welton is noted for the rare chalk formation known as the Welton Band. Ironically, the layer is not visible from Welton, but on just seven sites much further north-east. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire described the physical geography of the parish in 1898, saying the soil was loamy; subsoil, oolite in the upper, clay in the lower part of the parish. The chief crops were wheat, barley and oats. The area was also described as having an abundance of good building-stone in 1848. To the immediate south-east is the neighbouring village of Dunholme, near the A46. Former air base RAF Dunholme Lodge is situated next to both villages and was a wartime bomber base used intermittently from 1941 to 1964. It was land bought from this RAF base that William Farr School was built on. Some runway still remains, though the majority of the land is now used for farming. Beside the church, there are a handful of boulders, some of which lie against the wall. They were carried to the village during the ice age. Though it is now governed by the West Lindsey District Council, the parish was in the ancient Lawress Wapentake. The parish was also in the north-east sub-district of the Lincoln Registration District. The village was also formerly the centre of the Welton Rural District, a region of the Parts of Lindsey, from is establishment in the Local Government Act 1894, until it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, then and to this day becoming part of the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Lincoln Poor Law Union. In 1881, the parish still held the right to send one poor man to Market Rasen Hospital. Welton Beck Welton Beck is a small stream which originates from Old Man's Head Spring in the west of Welton parish and flows eastwards through Welton and Dunholme for approximately 6 km to a confluence with the Barlings Eau near Reasby, which goes on to join the River Witham. The beck is groundwater fed, from springs of the Lincolnshire limestone aquifer. It has clear water and aquatic plant growth characteristic of calcareous conditions. Throughout the course of the beck, the channel has been significantly modified from its natural state, having