Our guest house was named after Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lincolnshire's own Poet Laureate.
Lord Tennyson
Tennyson was born in 1809 at Somersby in the wide, rolling landscape of the Lincolnshire Wolds designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. He was educated at home by his father until entering Cambridge University in 1827. Mementoes of Tennyson's life can still be seen at Somersby village church, at which his father was Rector.

In 1850 Tennyson not only married Emily Sellwood but was also appointed poet laureate of England by Queen Victoria after previously declining it when offered by both Disraeli and Gladstone.

The poems he is is best known for include In Memoriam , The Passing of Arthur, Ulysses, The Lotus Eaters, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Tithonus amongst many others. Long-lived like most of his family (no matter how unhealthy they seemed to be) Alfred, Lord Tennyson died on October 6, 1892, at the age of 83.

For more information on Tennyson, his life and works the following links may be of help:

Collections of memorabilia and portraits relating to Tennyson can be seen at The Usher Art Gallery in Lincoln.
and The Tennyson Research Centre is located in the Lincoln Central Library. Visits are welcome from individual and groups by arrangement. There is a permanent display in the library.

There are a number of celebrations this year to celebrate his 200th Birthday on the 6th August this year.
Visit http://www.lincswolds.org.uk/tennyson.htm for more information.