Tetford

Other current and historical names

Tedforde
Tesforde

Built-Up Area: Tetford
Parish/Community: Tetford
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°15'8"N 0°0'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 533343, 374679
OS Grid: TF333746
Mapcode Local: GBR XZFT.5T
Mapcode Global: WHHKC.XHTZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Tetford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Tetford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Tetford, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, 6 miles NE. of Horncastle, 2210 ac., pop. 590; P.O.; there are traces of ancient camps.

Tetford in the Domesday Book

A village in Hill hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin the priest; Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₈ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 120 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

British Place Names

Tetford, Lincolnshire

Tetford is a village in Lincolnshire

Tetford in historic gazetteers

Tetford in the Domesday Book