Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Lincolnshire, South Kesteven, Heydour [Map]
Heydour, South Kesteven is in South Kesteven.
Heydour [Map] was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Threo and the county of Lincolnshire. It had a recorded population of 28 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 40% of settlements recorded in Domesday.
Land of Guy of Craon. Households: 24 freemen. 3 smallholders. 1 priest. Land and resources: Ploughland: 5 ploughlands. 6 men's plough teams. Other resources: Meadow 80 acres. Woodland 16 acres. 1 church.
Owners. Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Guy of Craon. Lord in 1086: Vitalis. Lord in 1066: Aelfric (son of Godram).
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Lincolnshire, South Kesteven, Heydour, Culverthorpe Hall [Map]
Around 1679 Culverthorpe Hall [Map] was purchased by John Newton 2nd Baronet (age 52).
John Newton 2nd Baronet:
On 09 Jan 1626 he was born to Thomas Newton.
In 1645 he and Mary Eyre were married.
In 1661 John Newton 1st Baronet died. John Newton 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. It appears there is no genealogical connection between John Newton 1st Baronet and John Newton 2nd Baronet. The latter, apparently, paid a sum of money to inherit the Baronetcy.
On 31 Aug 1699 he died. His son John Newton 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. Susanna Wharton Lady Newton by marriage Lady Newton of Barrs Court.
On 04 Jan 1733 John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
John Newton: On 16 Oct 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.
Around 1910 Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron (age 36) puchased Culverthorpe Hall [Map].
In 1917 Major H. L. Archer Houblon sold Culverthorpe Hall [Map] and 2170 acres of land, realising a combined total of £49,550.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Lincolnshire, South Kesteven, Heydour, St Michael's Church [Map]
St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map] dates from the 12th century, with additions up to the 19th. The church has an Early English chancel with lancet windows and a 17th-century north funerary chapel, and a nave with a Perpendicular clerestory, including six tracery panelled windows.
Graves of the Bowlby Family at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
On 02 Aug 1671 Elizabeth Babington (age 63) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
Elizabeth Babington: On or before 09 Aug 1607, the date of her baptism at Rampton, she was born. On 30 Nov 1624 Gervase Eyre and she were married at Rampton.
On 11 May 1686 Abigail Heveningham (age 26) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
Abigail Heveningham: In 1660 she was born to William Heveningham and Mary Carey. Before 09 Jun 1680 John Newton 3rd Baronet and she were married.
On 04 Jan 1733 John Newton died at Culverthorpe Hall [Map]. He is reported to have died when he was removed from his crib by a pet monkey who then dropped him from the roof of the house; there are variations of the story. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
John Newton: On 16 Oct 1732 he was born to Michael Newton 4th Baronet and Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby.
On 12 Feb 1734 John Newton 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]; his monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack (age 39). His son Michael Newton 4th Baronet (age 39) succeeded 4th Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby (age 25) by marriage Lady Newton of Barrs Court.
John Newton 3rd Baronet:
Around 1651 he was born to John Newton 2nd Baronet and Mary Eyre.
On 23 Jan 1691 he and Susanna Wharton Lady Newton were married.
On 31 Aug 1699 John Newton 2nd Baronet died. His son John Newton 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Newton of Barrs Court. Susanna Wharton Lady Newton by marriage Lady Newton of Barrs Court.
On 19 Apr 1737 Susanna Wharton Lady Newton (age 86) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Monument sculpted by Peter Scheemakers (age 46).
Susanna Wharton Lady Newton: Around 1651 she was born to Michael Wharton and Susan Paulett.
On 06 Apr 1743 Michael Newton 4th Baronet (age 48) died. Baronet Newton of Barrs Court extinct. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Sculpted by Peter Scheemakers (age 52).
On 12 Jun 1761 Margaret Coningsby 2nd Countess Coningsby (age 52) died. Earl Coningsbury extinct. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map]. Monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack (age 66).
After 1918. Memorial at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map] to those who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.
In 1930 Meliora Lavinia Adlercron (age 18) died in a car accident. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
Funeral At Heydour. Sincere sympathy was aroused in the Grantham and Sleaford district last week for Brigadier-General B. L. and Mrs. Adlercron, of Culverthorpe Hall, when it became known that two of their daughters, Lilias and Meliora, had met with a serious accident whilst motoring on the Great North Road, near Colsterworth, on Monday week. It appears their saloon car, swerving to avoid child who crossed the road, skidded and overturned. Miss M. Adlercron was severely hurt, and died at her home on Saturday night. Fortunately, her sister escaped with slight injuries. Deceased, who was only, 19 years of age, entered into the social life of the neighbourhood. and was beloved by all with whom she came in contact. Educated partly at Culverthorpe, she afterwards went to Paris, where she studied art, to which she was devoted. Deceased was well known in hunting circles, especially in Lincolnshire, and was a popular member of the Belvoir Hunt.
The Inquest was held at Culverthorpe,on Monday, the District Coroner, Dr. Cragg, who sat with a jury, Dr. O. Giles, of Sleaford, said there were multiple injuries to the scalp and right knee, and innumerable cuts and abrasions of the body and back. No bones were broken. Death was due to septic absorption from the wounds, and from shock caused by the wounds.—P.C. England said he found two skid marks forty-four feet long, caused, he believed by the application of the brakes. After that there were marks all over the road for sixty-nine feet. It appeared as if the car had overturned and continued on its side, the skid marks being about four feet from the proper side of the road. Brigadier-General Adlercron. who identified the body, said his daughter had been driving for two and-a-half years.—The verdict was that deceased died as a result of injuries received when the car she was driving was suddenly overturned.
Meliora's sister Lilias, who survived, later went to live in Canada. She lived to a great age and before expiring expressed a wish to be buried next to her sister in Heydour graveyard. Their headstones are adjacent.
Meliora's Cottage Nursing Home. This Charity was founded in 1931 in memory of Meliora Lavinia Adlercron, 1912-1930 of Culverthorpe Hall, byher family and friends. The Charity was reconstituted in 1978, when the funds derived from the sale of the Cottage were invested for the benefit of the people of the parishes of Heydour, Kelbyand Welby.
Meliora Lavinia Adlercron: In 1912 she was born to Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron.
