Robert Eudo, in 1201, by means of a present of a well-trained goshawk, obtained from Richard II of England a grant to hold a weekly market here; and his son Robert obtained from Henry III of England a licence to build a castle here, together with a grant of free-warren in all his Demesne lands.

[citation needed] Local public houses are the Black Horse on the High Street and the Fortescue Arms in the Market Place.

[4] The remaining wreckage of the Boeing 747-121 jet that was destroyed by a bomb, on 21 December 1988, over Lockerbie in Scotland is stored at a scrapyard near Tattershall.

[5] Tattershall Carrs is a remnant of ancient alder woodland,[6] with bat roosts made of converted bomb shelters.

[7] Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Tattershall Castle, Collegiate College, and Tom Thumb's house and grave.

[8] A charter to hold a weekly market was granted by King John in 1201 in return for an annual fee of a trained goshawk.

[13] Near the font is a plaque marking the grave of the Tattershall resident Tom Thumb, reputedly 18.5 inches (47 cm) tall, who died in 1620 aged 101.

The most important English composer of the early 16th century, John Taverner, sang as a lay clerk at Holy Trinity Church in Tattershall for a time until he was appointed as informator choristarum at Cardinal College in 1526.