A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TETFORD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Horncastle district, Lincoln. The village stands 6 miles NE by E of Horncastle r. station; and has a post-office under Horncastle, and two annual fairs.—The parish comprises 2,210 acres. Real property, £3,990. Pop., 793. Houses, 170. The property is much subdivided. Limestone is largely worked. There are traces of large ancient camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450. Patron, Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Bart. The church is old but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.—The sub-district contains 13 parishes and 10 parts. Acres, 28,065. Pop., 4,460. Houses, 927.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tetford CP/AP Horncastle RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Tetford |
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