Tetney
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| Tetney | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Grimsby | |
| Postcode district | DN36 | |
| Police | Lincolnshire | |
| Fire | Lincolnshire | |
| Ambulance | East Midlands | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Tetney is a village in the
History
On the edge of the village is the site of a
When built it was state of the art and is important in the history of telecommunications because it established the first radio link between the United Kingdom and Australia. Only the bases for the masts remain; the administration buildings are now a small industrial complex.Ordnance survey maps from the 1920s show an agricultural tramway running from the Humberstone Road (B1198) through Bishopthorpe to Low Farm. Such tramways often used WW1 narrow gauge trench railway equipment to allow year around access to soft fenland fields. The area is now a wind farm.
Tetney Lock was the location of a heliport run by Bristow Helicopters which transported personnel to North Sea oil and gas rigs, but is now defunct,[5] having operated from 1965 until the early 1970s. The hangars were converted into a turkey farm.[citation needed]
A 4,000-year-old Bronze Age wooden coffin was discovered at the Tetney Golf Club in July 2018 during work on a pond. The 10 ft long coffin, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, held the remains of a high status man cushioned by plants and holding an axe, covered by a gravel mound. After conservation, the coffin will be displayed at The Collection Museum in Lincoln.[6]
Governance
An
Geography and amenities
The village is on the A1031 Cleethorpes to Mablethorpe coastal road, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Humberston, and 1 mile (1.6 km) east from Holton-le-Clay. The village includes the hamlet of Tetney Lock located to the east of the village on the Louth Navigation canal.
The village facilities include the primary school, the Plough Inn
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. An inscription on the second pillar from the west on the north arcade states: "This work was completed A.D. 1363 Robert Day the vicar". Some parts of the building are from an earlier church which stood on the same spot, including a doorway dating from about 1280.[citation needed]
The village hall is situated at the playing fields, on Humberston Road. The playing fields include a cricket pitch and football pitch – previously there existed a grass tennis court. Tetney United Football Club were based at the village hall and playing fields, and played in the East Lincs Combination Football League.
To the east of the village on the road to Tetney Lock is an oil terminal which stores oil for the Humber Refinery.[8] Oil has been delivered via the Tetney Monobuoy, since January 1971.[9]
Nature
To the east of the village are the Tetney Marshes, which cover over 1,500 hectares of coastal mudflats, salt marsh, dunes and saline lagoons on the north Lincolnshire coast, the reserve forms an important part of the
To the south of the village are the Tetney Blow Wells, a
Notable people
- Ella Henderson, singer
- Keeley Donovan, television and radio broadcaster (born in Grimsby and grew up in this village)
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Tetney Community Plan" (PDF). Tetney Community Plan Steering Committee. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- JSTOR 1389.
- ^ "Tetney Beam Station was a colossal landmark". Grimsby Telegraph. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Search and rescue helicopters at Humberside Airport will be 'a boost for the local economy'". Grimsby Telegraph. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Tetney Golf Club Bronze Age coffin to be displayed". BBC News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Refining UK". phillips66.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Oh buoy, are we buoyant to receive 3,000th vessel!". Scunthorpe Telegraph. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Tetney Marshes". RSPB. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Lagoon sand shrimp". Natural England. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Blow wells saved - at expense of 80% of the trees nearby". Grimsby Telegraph. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Tetney Blow Wells". Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
External links
Media related to Tetney at Wikimedia Commons- Tetney Blow Wells Nature Reserve
- Tetney Marshes Nature Reserve
- Tetney Beam Station
- Tetney School(A History)
- Photos of Tetney and surrounding area on geograph
