Tetney
Encyclopedia
Tetney is a small village in the East Lindsey
district of Lincolnshire
, England
, just west of the Prime Meridian
.
-Mablethorpe
road, just south of Cleethorpes and Humberston. A mile to the west is Holton-le-Clay
.
The village has a primary school, a pub called the Plough Inn on Market Place, a fish and chips
shop, a small village shop, a golf club, a garden centre, two churches and a village hall
.
There is a nature reserve to the east of the village, home of the cardinal beetle
, and which used to be a water cress farm from 1948 to 1961. On the coast is the RSPB
Tetney Marshes nature reserve, a grazing marsh
and home of lagoon shrimp
s and Little Tern
who live near saline lagoons.
The parish church
was built in 1363 and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
The village hall is situated on the site of the playing fields which includes a cricket pitch, football pitch and, several years ago, a grass tennis court.
Tetney Rovers FC Play football from the village hall and playing fields and have in the last few years attracted players to form a team that has won both their leagues in consecutive years in the East Lincs Combination. The team is made up from experienced players and village youth.
On the road to Tetney Lock is an oil terminal, to the east of the village, which stores oil for the Humber Refinery
.
The Tetney Parish Coucil has a fully operationa website that has a wide range of information, the website can be found on
http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/tetney
Beam Station from where telegrams were sent to Australia and India as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain
. When built is was state of the art and is important in the history of telecommunications. Only the bases for the masts remain and the original administration buildings which are now a small industrial complex.
The Louth Navigation
ran from the village until 1924.
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....
district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, just west of the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian is the meridian at which the longitude is defined to be 0°.The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian , which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.An international...
.
Geography and amenities
The village is on the A1031 road, the CleethorpesCleethorpes
Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the Humber. It has a population of 31,853 and is a seaside resort.- History :...
-Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe
Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...
road, just south of Cleethorpes and Humberston. A mile to the west is Holton-le-Clay
Holton-le-Clay
Holton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the extreme north of the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, south of Grimsby on the A16...
.
The village has a primary school, a pub called the Plough Inn on Market Place, a fish and chips
Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...
shop, a small village shop, a golf club, a garden centre, two churches and a village hall
Village hall
In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...
.
There is a nature reserve to the east of the village, home of the cardinal beetle
Cardinal beetle
The cardinal beetle is a brightly-coloured red or orange beetle. It is approximately 20 mm long. It has a black face.The cardinal beetle preys on other insects and is normally found on flowers at the edges of woodland...
, and which used to be a water cress farm from 1948 to 1961. On the coast is the RSPB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Bird Notes and News was first published in April 1903.The title changed to 'Bird Notes' in 1947. In the 1950s, there were four copies per year . Each volume covered two years, spread over three calendar years...
Tetney Marshes nature reserve, a grazing marsh
Grazing marsh
Grazing marsh is a British Isles term for flat, marshy grassland in polders. It consists of large grass fields separated by fresh or brackish ditches, and is often important for its wildlife.-History:...
and home of lagoon shrimp
Gammarus
Gammarus is an amphipod crustacean genus in the family Gammaridae. It contains more than 200 described species, making it one of the most speciose genera of crustaceans...
s and Little Tern
Little Tern
The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...
who live near saline lagoons.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
was built in 1363 and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
The village hall is situated on the site of the playing fields which includes a cricket pitch, football pitch and, several years ago, a grass tennis court.
Tetney Rovers FC Play football from the village hall and playing fields and have in the last few years attracted players to form a team that has won both their leagues in consecutive years in the East Lincs Combination. The team is made up from experienced players and village youth.
On the road to Tetney Lock is an oil terminal, to the east of the village, which stores oil for the Humber Refinery
Humber Refinery
The Humber Refinery is a British oil refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. It is situated south of the railway line next to the A160; Total's Lindsey Oil Refinery is north of the railway line....
.
The Tetney Parish Coucil has a fully operationa website that has a wide range of information, the website can be found on
http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/tetney
History
On the edge of the village is the site of a MarconiGuglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
Beam Station from where telegrams were sent to Australia and India as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain
Imperial Wireless Chain
The Imperial Wireless Chain, also known as the Empire Wireless Chain, was a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network, created to link the countries of the British Empire. Although the idea was conceived prior to World War I, Britain was the last of the world's Great Powers...
. When built is was state of the art and is important in the history of telecommunications. Only the bases for the masts remain and the original administration buildings which are now a small industrial complex.
The Louth Navigation
Louth Navigation
The Louth Navigation was a canalisation of the River Lud. It ran 11 miles from Louth to Tetney in Lincolnshire, England, through 8 locks.-Construction:...
ran from the village until 1924.