Tetley, Lincolnshire
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Tetley is a hamlet and suburb of the town of Crowle in the North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....

 district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

The hamlet is considered a deserted medieval village
Deserted medieval village
In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more...

 and is known to have existed in 1316.

Tetley Hall is a grade II listed building dating from 1829-39 for Henry Lister Maw, although the range to the right is late 18th century, and built for George Stovin (later Lister).
The stables and granary are also grade II listed and were built in
1787 for George Stovin with an early 19th century addition.

Near Tetley Hall is a limestone font
Baptismal font
A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:...

 which is probably mid 17th century. It reputedly came from the Protestant church in Sandtoft, which was founded in the mid 17th century by the Dutch drainers. Local commoners vandalised the church in 1651 and 1656, after which it presumably returned to use, but by 1686 it was in ruins. it was presumably retrieved by one of the Stovin family, likely George Stovin the antiquary (1696–1780) who probably inscribed the dates.
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