History

HISTORICAL ARTICLES RELATING TO THE TETLOWS

The following articles, to be found on the pages in this section of the website, have been collected from a number of sources and relate to the Tetlow name, its origin and early Tetlow references. If you have any other items which you would like me to add to this page then please send me the details and I’ll gladly add it to the collection.


The Ancient History of the Distinguished Surname Tetlow – A computer generated history of the Tetlow surname – obtained from the States on one of my trips over there.


Lancashire Life Article – Is your name TETLOW? – An article from the October 1981 edition of Lancashire Life.


Chronology – a list of Tetlow references in date order


Thirty Bloodstained Years: 1315-1345 – A newspaper article on the work by Rev. W. A. Westley, suggesting that the murder of Richard Tetlow in 1336 was not purely a private family vendetta, but was one episode in a series of political atrocities in a thirty year period of lawlessness, hatred and bloodshed.


The Tetlow Estate – An extract from Volume IV of ‘A History of Lancashire’ edited by William Page, F.S.A., part of ‘The Victoria History of the Counties of England’.


Chamber Hall – The residence of the Tetlows of Werneth. 


Tetlow’s Charity – John Tetlow left land for the benefit of the poor as set out in the extract from the Parliamentary Report on the Charities supplied by the Charity Commission.