Visit Worlaby Places

Welcome to Visit Worlaby Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Worlaby

  

Worlaby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Worlaby

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Worlaby history

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Worlaby derives from a combination of an Old English person name and Old Scandinavian ‘by’, meaning “a farmstead or a village of a man called Wulfric” In the Domesday Book the village is listed as “Uluricebi” or “Wirichebi” The settlement was under the manor of Barnetby le Wold with Earl Harold as its lord in 1066, transferred in 1086 after the Norman Conquest.

Worlaby landmarks

Worlaby Hospital was originally almshouses founded by John Belasyse in 1663 for four poor women. The Grade II listed church was re-built between 1873 and 1877. The churchyard contains the war grave of a Second World War Home Guard volunteer.

Worlaby Carrs

Worlaby Carrs is an area of arable land converted by Defra to wet grassland as sanctuary for wintering fowl. In early 2011 a proposal to site a wind farm on the Carrs met with local opposition.

You can visit Worlaby places with Walkfo Worlaby to hear history at Worlaby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Worlaby has 10 places to visit in our interactive Worlaby map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Worlaby, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Worlaby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Worlaby & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 10 audio facts unique to Worlaby places in an interactive Worlaby map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Worlaby Places Map
10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Worlaby historic spots	Worlaby tourist destinations	Worlaby plaques	Worlaby geographic features
Walkfo Worlaby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Worlaby

  

Best Worlaby places to visit

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Worlaby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Worlaby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Worlaby’s information audio spots:

Elsham Hall Elsham Hall is a 17th-century English country house situated in its own parkland in North Lincolnshire . The park and gardens are open to the public .

South Humberside South Humberside is a former postal county of England . It was introduced by the Royal Mail on 1 July 1974 . Some addresses were altered in response to the changes in administration brought about under the Local Government Act 1972 .

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Visit Worlaby plaques