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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Louth will prove useful in your research.

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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:
     
Census
Year
Inhabitants
1851H.O. 107 / 2112
1861R.G. 9 / 2387
1871R.G. 10 / 3409 & 3410
1891R.G. 12 / 2611

 

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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 church stands at the southern edge of the village.
     
  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It apparently dates back to before 1363.
     
  • The church nave was apparently reconstructed in 1363.
     
  • The church was restored in 1861-2.
     
  • Electric lighting came to the church in 1929.
     
  • The church seats 400 people.
     
  • Here is a photo of the Anglican church, taken by (and copyright of) Wendy PARKINSON.
     
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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 web page. Your additions and corrections 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 September, 2006.
     
  • The Primitive Methodists also had a chapel built in Tetney Lock in 1864. It could seat 140.
     
  • 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 & 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.
     
  • The Village is proud to have wom a "Best Kept Village" award. Ian S. has a photograph of the BKV Award on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2013.
     
  • See our touring page for visitor services.
You can see pictures of Tetney which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The village long held a pleasure fair each year around mid-July.
     
  • The Plough Inn serves as the hub of local news and information on the Market square.
     
  • We have a view of he Plough Inn, the bus stop and the market place on Geo-graph, taken by Chris ? in October, 2012.
     
  • Ian S. has a phtograph of the Plough Inn on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2017.
     
  • These are the names associated with the Plough Inn in various directories:
YearPerson
1842-- not listed --
1868-- not listed --
1872George LOCKING, victualler
1882Mack ROBINSON
1896Mark ROBINSON
1900James SPENCER
1913James Mayes SPENCE
1930Edwd. PHILLIPSON junior
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA312015 (Lat/Lon: 53.493458, -0.023432), Tetney which are provided by:

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Military History

  • In 1919 a framed oak tablet was mounted in the church in memory of the men of the parish who died in World War I.
     
  • Ian S. has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2013.
     
  • 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):

  • ARCHER, Fred
  • ALTOFT, Hugh
  • ALTOFT, John
  • BARKER, Alfred Edwin
  • BARKER, John
  • BARTON, Fred
  • BARTON, William
  • BEE, George
  • BROWN, William
  • CAVE, George Thomas
  • CAVE, William
  • CHAPMAN, A. Alderson
  • CHAPMAN, Hedley W.
  • CHILVER, Wilfred
  • CLARKE, Herbert N
  • CONSTANT, Marin
  • CROWSON, Clarence
  • CROWSON, Leslie
  • DALE, James W.
  • DALTON, Richard
  • DAWSON, Hedley
  • DAWSON, John W.
  • DAY, John T.
  • DAY, Joseph
  • DIGHTON, William Thomas
  • DIXON, George
  • DONINGTON, George
  • DOUGLAS, George
  • EMPRINGHAM, George
  • EMPSON, Horace C.
  • FOOT, Frederick G.
  • FOX, Charles
  • GERMANEY, Percy
  • GILL, Charles
  • GILL, William
  • GRANTHAM, Hewson
  • HANLEY, John
  • HARRISON, Frank
  • HARRISON, William
  • HEWSON, Alfred
  • HEWSON, Hedley
  • HEWSON, Percy
  • HILL, Sidney
  • IVES, Charles
  • JACKLIN, Abraham
  • JACKLIN, Arthur W.
  • JOHNSON, George
  • KENDALL, Herbert Dawson
  • LAKIN, Charles Richard
  • LEWIS, Charles
  • LEWIS, Frank
  • LINGARD, George
  • MARSHALL, Eva
  • MARSHALL, Frank
  • MARSHALL, Hermann
  • MARSHALL, William
  • MORWOOD, Arthur Henry
  • MUMBY, David
  • PARKER, David
  • PARKER, James
  • PARKER, John Warren
  • PEART, Hedley
  • PEART, Henry
  • PHILLIPSON, Arthur
  • PHILLIPSON, Edward
  • PHILLIPSON, George
  • PHILLIPSON, William
  • PINDER, Charles
  • PINDER, Frank
  • PINDER, Fred
  • PINDER, Hedley
  • RAINFORD, Ralph
  • RICHARDSON, Victor H.
  • ROBINSON, Arthur H.
  • ROBINSON, George
  • ROBINSON, Gilbert
  • ROBINSON, John
  • ROBINSON, Samuel
  • ROBINSON, Thomas
  • ROOTS, Cyril
  • ROWBOTHAM, Sidney R.
  • SALT, Edward
  • SALT, Robert
  • SCUPHAM, Albert
  • SCUPHAM, Ernest
  • SCUPHAM, Jesse
  • SCUPHAM, Percy
  • SCUPHAM, Walter
  • STARK, Charles
  • SMITH, William
  • STUBBS, Edwin A.
  • TAYLOR, Norman
  • TODD, Alfred
  • TODD, Fred
  • TONGE, Richard
  • TRAVIS, Alan George
  • TURNER, George Byron
  • TURNER, George Hamer
  • WATTAM, Thomas
  • WILD, William
  • WILES, F.
  • WRIGHT, Alfred
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Politics & Government

  • 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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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bradley Haverstoe petty session hearings.
     
  • 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

YearInhabitants
1801440
1811489
1831647
1841819
1861917
1871923
1881807
1891775
1901636
1911717
1921790
1931882
1951865
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Schools

  • A school board was formed in February, 1873.
     
  • 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.