Tattershall is a village and

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in the

East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spils ...

district of

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, England. It is situated on the A153 Horncastle to

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington to the south-west, Holdingham to the no ...

road, east from the point where that road crosses the

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. At its eastern end, Tattershall adjoins the village of

Coningsby Coningsby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England, it is situated on the A153 road, adjoining Tattershall on its western side, 13 miles (22 km) north west of Boston and 8 miles (13 km) so ...

, with the two being separated by the River Bain and is 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from the hamlet

Tattershall Thorpe Tattershall Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south from Woodhall Spa, and north-east from Tattershall. The hamlet is significant because of its Second Wo ...

. Tattershall has a history dating back to Roman times. Robert Eudo, in 1201, by means of a present of a well-trained

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, obtained from

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a grant to hold a weekly market here; and his son Robert obtained from

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a licence to build a castle here, together with a grant of free-warren in all his

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lands. Tattershall was a settlement listed in the

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of 1086, in the hundred of Horncastle and the county of

. The 2011 census recorded a Tattershall civil parish population as 2,834, with the combined Tattershall and Coningsby area having a population of 6,698.

Community

Local

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s are the Black Horse on the High Street and the Fortescue Arms in the Market Place. The Fortescue Arms dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II

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Barnes Wallis Academy Barnes Wallis Academy (formerly Gartree Community School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Tattershall in Lincolnshire, England. Governance Previously a foundation school administered by Lincolnshire County Counci ...

(built 1954) is a

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school on Butts Lane for pupils aged from 11 to 16. The school also serves Coningsby and

Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa is a former spa Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, south-west of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, west of Skegness, east-south-east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Li ...

. The remaining wreckage of the Boeing 747-121 jet that was destroyed by a bomb, on 21 December 1988, over

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is stored at a scrapyard near Tattershall. The remains include the aircraft's

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and

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. Tattershall Carrs forms the last remaining remnants of ancient wet woodland, dominated by

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that once ringed the margins of

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. Bomb shelters on a former RAF site at Woodhall Spa have been converted into bat roosts.

Landmarks

Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Tattershall Castle, Collegiate College, and

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's house and grave.

Tattershall Castle

Tattershall Castle was built in 1434 by

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- Henry VI's

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- on the site of an earlier 13th-century stone castle, of which some remains are extant, particularly the Grand Tower and

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Buttercross

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15th-century

buttercross A buttercross, also known as butter cross or butter market, is a type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from medieval times. Its name originates from the fact that they were located at the market place, where peop ...

stands in the Market Place. It is both a Grade I listed structure and an ancient

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. A charter to hold a weekly market was granted by King John in 1201 in return for an annual fee of a trained

. Markets are no longer held but the buttercross remains at the centre of a shopping area.

Tattershall railway station

Tattershall railway station was a station on the line between

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and

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until closure. The Old Station House, a stationmaster's house and ticket office, is a Grade II listed building as is the former goods shed. The former railway line has been converted into a

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at a cost of £2 million. The path was officially opened in October 2008.

Holy Trinity Collegiate Church

Adjacent to the castle is the Grade I

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-style Holy Trinity

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, endowed by

Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell ( – 4 January 1456) was an English politician and diplomat. A Privy Councillor from 1422, he served as Treasurer of England (1433–1443) and twice as Chamberlain of the Household (1425–1432 and 1450� ...

, but built after his death. It originally had a choir (which was seven priests, six lay clerks and six boy choristers). It received its charter from Henry VI in 1439 but building was not begun until 1472, reaching completion around 1500. The church has medieval

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, a collection of

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es and an intact

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. It was restored between 1893 and 1897. Near the

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is a plaque marking the grave of the Tattershall resident

, reputedly tall, who died in 1620 aged 101. Tom Thumb's small house can be seen on the roof of a larger house in the Market Place. The churchyard contains a

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of an officer of the

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who died during the Second World War."Tattershall (Holy Trinity) Churchyard
Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty record. Ralph Cromwell, founder of the church, is also buried here.

Tattershall College

Adjacent to the Market Place are the remains of

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, which was built by

for the

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of the

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s of Holy Trinity Church. The College was an example of the Perpendicular style of

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. In the late 18th century it was converted to a brewery, and later left empty – today it is a ruin. The walls that remain are supported by modern brick.

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currently manages the site, which is Grade II* listed, and a

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Notable people

The current

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of Tattershall is Julian Fellowes, actor, peer of the realm, screenwriter and youngest son of Peregrine Fellowes. The current

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, Emma Kitchener-Fellowes, is the great-great-niece of Lord Kitchener who was the adversary of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the benefactor and restorer of Tattershall Castle. The most important English composer of the early 16th century, John Taverner, sang as a

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at Holy Trinity Church in Tattershall for a time until he was appointed as ''informator choristarum'' at

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in 1526.Doe, Paul, Hugh Benham, and Roger Bowers. " Taverner, John." ''Grove Music Online.'' 2001; Accessed 23 Jul. 2020.

References

External links

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Tattershall Holy Trinity Church. HTTF Trust

Tattershall Park

{{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire East Lindsey District