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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Tetney

Census

• The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth 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

• There is evidence of a Saxon church here before the Danes came in 870 and burned it down.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It apparently dates back to before 1363.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1861-2.
  
  
• The church stands at the southern edge of the village.
  
  
• The church seats about 400 people.
  
  
• Here is a photo of the Anglican church, taken by (and copyright of) Wendy PARKINSON.

• Here is a photo of St. Peter and St. Paul Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1720.
  
  
• We have a partial Parish Register Extract in a text file. Your additions are welcome.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a 1641/2 Protestation Return for the Haverstoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here, built in 1877 in the centre of the village.
  
  
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Methodist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel built in Tetney Lock in 1864. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tetney sub-district of the Louth 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 village are 6 miles due south of Cleethorpes, and about 3 miles from the North Sea. Humberstone parish is to the north and North Coates parish to the southeast. Tetney Lock is a hamlet in the parish, about 2 miles east from Tetney village, on the Louth Navigation Canal. The parish covers about 6,000 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A1031 trunk road south out of Cleethorpes. The road bisects the village.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 3101.
  
  
• 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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Military History

• Steve FAREHAM has a photograph of a Three-bay Pillbox at Tetney Lock on the Traces of War website.
  
  

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Military Records

John Readman provides the following, taken from the Roll of Honour at Saints Peter and Paul church (all World War One):

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bradley Haverstoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1777.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the parish became part of the Louth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	440
1811	489
1831	647
1841	819
1861	917
1871	923
1881	807
1891	775
1901	636
1911	717
1921	790
1931	882
1951	865
1961	987

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Schools

• A Council School was built in 1856 to hold up to 152 children. (It was a Wesleyan School at first).
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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