WELWYN, a parish in the hundred of BROADWATER, county of HERTFORD, 8 miles (W. N.W.) from Hertford, containing 1387 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £21, and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows, of All Souls' College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St.Mary. Over the altar is a piece of embroidery, with a suitable inscription, by Lady Betty Young, wife of Dr. Edward Young, author of the "Night Thoughts," who was many years rector of this parish: he died on Good Friday, 1765, and was buried by the side of his lady, under the communion-table. There are places of worship for Huntingtonians and Wesleyan Methodists. The village is situated on the small river Mimram, and on the great north road from London to York; it consists of one principal street, with a smaller leading to Stevenage, and contains several genteel residences, besides which there are many others in the immediate vicinity. In Mill-lane is. a fine chalybeate spring, formerly in considerable repute: here is also an assemW bly-room. Dr. Young built and endowed a school for sixteen poor boys, who are clothed and instructed in reading, writing, and accounts, and in the duties of the Christian religion, according to the principles of the established church. About fifty other boys are educated in a National school supported by subscription.