TETFORD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6 ½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Horncastle ; containing 778 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 1750 acres: there are limestone quarries, the material of which is used for burning into lime, and for repairing the roads. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £5. 0. 10., and in the patronage of Miss Harrison: the tithes were commuted for land in 1765 ; the glebe consists of 350 acres. The church contains sixty free sittings, the Incorporated Society having granted £40 in aid of the expense. The Wesleyans have a place of worship ; and there is a national school, partly supported by the proceeds of a cottage and seven acres of land, left in 1714, by Edward Richardson.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
