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Early Perpendicular, Grade II listed church and birthplace of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet whose father George Clayton Tennyson was rector from 1806 until his death in 1831.

The current church was built by ED Rainey of Spilsby in 1838 and replaced an earlier church which had become derelict.

Occupying a prominent position at the crossroads to the town, one cannot fail to be impressed with St James church, with its memorial to the explorer Sir John Franklin, who was born in the town.

Tealby is well known for its connection to Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Tennyson family.

Founded in AD 553, we are an evangelical Anglican church and welcome people of all traditions or none.

Discover the beautiful church of St John the Baptist, with its medieval origins and beautiful Victorian restoration, including installing some stunning tracery and stained glass.

A parish church with an Anglo Saxon tower.

There seem to have been chapels of the Knights Templars and Hospitallers in Wetherby but these would be distinct from a parochial chapel for the use of the ordinary laity.

Remains from the church’s early life and history can be seen just inside the church, there are fragments from a Saxon cross, an ancient gravestone with scissor markings, as well as remains from a Norman arch and some ancient stained glass from the medieval church.

With 12th century origins St German’s is a grade II listed parish church that sits quite a way outside the village of Ranby, try and spot the large, ornate gargoyles of pigs and humans high above in the tower.

The village of Normanby le Wold has a population of between 60 and 70 and within its parish boundaries has the trig point for the highest point of Lincolnshire at 550ft.

George Clayton Tennyson, father of Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was rector from 1806 till his death in 1831.