Tennyson's house at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire

A postcard showing Alfred Tennyson's house at Mablethorpe, a short ride along the coast from Skegness. This was where his clergyman father, George Clayton Tennyson, brought the family to pass the summers c.1830, away from their home in the rectory at Somersby near Spilsby. | From Janet Dammes' family archive.
 
A postcard showing Alfred Tennyson's house at Mablethorpe, a short ride along the coast from Skegness. This was where his clergyman father, George Clayton Tennyson, brought the family to pass the summers c.1830, away from their home in the rectory at Somersby near Spilsby.
From Janet Dammes' family archive.

This postcard shows a picture of the Tennyson family’s summer retreat, where the poet visited in the years before he left for Cambridge.

Creator
Post card
Date of creation
1910-1913
Place
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
Contributor
Janet Dammes
Copyright
Jointly held by Janet Dammes and the Bottesford Local Heritage Project
Reference number
BOT/173/015
Storage location
Digital records held by Bottesford Community Heritage Project
This catalogue record comes from: Bottesford Local History Archive
Tags
Mablethorpe (3)
Tennyson (1)

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