Parish information

The Parish of Tetford & Salmonby

Tetford is a “Ring” Village situated in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which runs from Louth in the north, to Horncastle in the south.

The village was listed in the Domesday Book, completed in 1086, as Tesforde.

The village is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north-east from Horncastle, 10 miles (16 km) south from Louth and 8 miles (13 km) north-west from Spilsby. It sits in a shallow valley, at the bottom of a 98 m (320 feet) high ridge on which runs the Bluestone Heath Road The parish covers about 1,730 acres (7.0 km2). Nearby Salmonby covers about 1,000 acres. The 2011 census for Tetford (with Salmonby) numbered some 464 residents.