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Welton
twinned with Monce en Belin signed the charter
in 1974.
In May
1944 an aircraft from RAF Scampton crashed
in a small wood just outside Monce en Belin
and all the crew members were killed. After
the war a memorial was erected on the site
of the crash.
When a party from France visited the Welton
area in 1974 they decided that it was very
like Monce and arrangements were eventually
made between the two Parish Councils for twinning
charters to be signed. The Welton copy is
displayed in the Parish office on the Green.
A
rural village with a population of around
2500, Monce en Belin lies about 10 KM from
Le Mans
(about the the same distance as Welton is
from Lincoln). The Church has an unusual tower
which bears a clock and the Roman numeral
IIII. Although the village has no industry
of its own, most of the people work in Le
Mans at the various factories, banks, schools
etc. It has a new housing estate the main
road being called Avenue de Welton and each
road leading of this main road is named after
a member of the crew of the aircraft that
crashe
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