The Tennyson family at Tealby did have a very high opinion of themselves, but they did, in fact, have a justifiable, if somewhat distant connection to nobility in the form of the ancient families of d’aincourt and Lovel which they cashed in on. From 1835 they used Tennyson d’Eyncourt as their surname.

In celebration of this they had this beautiful window added to the east end of the village church. This was done not only to mark themselves out above the rest, but so they could distinguish themselves from Alfred’s lot at Somersby.

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