Sunset and view on the Wolds at Bully Hill, above Tealby, Lincolnshire

Views over Tealby, which is hidden in the trees, looking west from Bully Hill; Tealby Church is to the right of the village

All Saints Church, Tealby, Lincolnshire - the south and north sides, where there are several 'Drakes' graves

Drakes family graves at All Saints Parish Churchyard, Tealby, Lincolnshire

View looking south over Tealby, Lincolnshire, from the churchyard

The Church and a village street, Tealby, Lincolnshire

View over Tealby showing the school, and the Tennyson d'Eyncourt Memorial Hall, Tealby, Lincolnshire

The entrance doorway to The Hall was in use as a Post Office in 2005, and the building to the right was the village shop

1910 Tealby thimble postmark

White House, and The Kings Head Public House, Tealby, Lincolnshire

The 1851 Census shows that Thomas Drakes was then the inn keeper at The Kings Head Inn, Tealby, Lincs.: 'Thomas Drakes, head, married, male, aged 51, inn keeper, born Tealby, Lincs.; Lucy Drakes, wife, married, female, aged 52, born Tealby, Lincs.; Mary Drakes, daughter, unmarried, female, aged 22, born Tealby, Lincs.; Thomas Drakes, son, unmarried, male, aged 21, born Tealby, Lincs.; Sarah Drakes, daughter, unmarried, female, aged 18, born Tealby, Lincs.; Charles Drakes, son, male, aged 9, born Tealby, Lincs.; Lucy Drakes, daughter, female, aged 6, born Tealby, Lincs.' Their son, Joseph, was away from home. (Source: 1851 Census: HO 107/2115/57 Caistor District household 83)

Paper Mill Lane, and The Ford leading to Bayons Park, Tealby, Lincolnshire

The Ford leading to Bayons Park, Tealby, Lincolnshire

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The 1893 Lincoln Long-wool Sheep Breeder's Flock Book Vol.2. Rams Nos. 514 to 903, published by the Lincoln Long-wool Sheep Breeder's Association, page 32, shows, 'William Drakes, Manor Farm, Tealby, Lincolnshire. Flock No., 72. Ewes put to the Ram, 225. The owner of this Flock for 12 years, and obtained it from his Father, Mr. John Drakes, who had possessed it for 29 years. Pure-bred Lincoln Sires only have been used. Recently: 'Riby Chief,' (807), and 'Riby Don,' (811), both bred by Mr. Henry Dudding; and 'Tealby Baron,' (854), bred by the owner.' Henry Dudding was from Riby Grange, Great Grimsby.

'The Tealby Shearling Rams 120 sold for exportation to Buenos Aires 1905'. The owner (standing near the tree) was William Drakes of Manor Farm, Tealby, with his youngest child and only son, Reginald William Drakes (b. 21.5.1894), who was then aged 11 (on horseback). It was Reginald William Drakes, who purchased Bayons Manor shortly after WWII, just for the farmland, as the house was then derelict; in 1908, three years after this photo was taken with his father, he was a pupil at De Aston School, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.

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The Victorian Tealby Village Cricket Team, from an original photograph

found in the back of a framed 1910 Market Rasen wedding group

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The 'Tealby Penny' with the cross & crosslet design as found in 'The Tealby Hoard'

Early in November 1807, a man ploughing a field near Bully Hill on the Bayons Manor estate owned by George Tennyson esq., at Tealby, Lincs., noticed that the plough had broken and unearthed a course earthenware pot, and that a large number of silver coins had spilled out. There were about 5,700 (some accounts say over 6,000) of these Henry II (1154-1189) hammered pennies, which had been issued from 1158 to 1180. Many of the better condition ones were sent to the British Museum, many others into private collections, but those in poorer condition were sent to be melted down for their silver content. 'Tealby Pennies' were struck at 32 mints across the country and there are six main variations in the design of the King's head (two very different ones are shown above); they have been found in various locations across the country, but never again in this quantity - hence the 'Tealby' name given to the design by collectors. In 1998, they were being sold at £50 in fine condition, but by 2008 some were over £200 each, and many of these were poorly struck, badly worn, clipped, or damaged.

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If you have a particular interest in Tealby village, I recommend that you visit the village website at Tealby Directory. They hope to develop their website into a superb archive of Tealby throughout the ages. If you have information, photos, reminicenses, & etc, please contact the Tealby webmaster via email: tealbyvillage@uk2.net. The village history page is at: Tealby History.

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