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Tealby (Tevelby)

Census

• The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• Portions of the church date to Norman times. The tower is of late Norman origin. The church was restored in 1872 and the tower in 1881. The church was reroofed in 1891.
  
  
• The church seats about 250.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1714.
  
  
• We have a partial parish register extract for you to search and to add to with your own findings.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists each had a chapel here, as did the Free Methodists. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

This parish and large village sits on the River Rase, a tributary to the River Ancholme. It is four miles northeast of Market Rasen, 19 miles northeast of Lincoln and 8 miles south of Caistor. The parish covers about 3,320 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village sits astride the B1203 trunk road between Binbrook and Market Rasen.
  
  
• Check out local bus service from Stamford at the Carlberry Bus Service site for schedules and routes.
  
  
• See our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Manors

• Bayons Manor, built in the early 1800s, was the seat of the Tennyson family.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 1590.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The village name is given as "Tevelby" in the 1086 Domesday Book.
  
  
• "Tealby" is rendered as "Tevilby" in some older records.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• White's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the East Lindsey division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1857, but destroyed by fire in Feb. 1889. It was rebuilt shortly thereafter and could hold up to 200 children. The average attendance in 1911 was 62.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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