TETFORD, a parish in the hundred of HILL, parts
of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 6 miles (N. E. by E.)
from Horncastle, containing 531 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £5. 0. 10. Miss
Harrison was patroness in 1820. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, has lately received an addition of one hundred
and ten sittings, of which sixty are free, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £40 towards defraying the expense.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.