- Culverthorpe
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Coordinates: 52°57′01″N 0°28′36″W / 52.950163°N 0.47665402°W
Culverthorpe 
Lakeside at Culverthorpe
Culverthorpe
Culverthorpe shown within LincolnshireOS grid reference TF 02447 40284 Unitary authority South Kesteven Ceremonial county Lincolnshire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Grantham Postcode district NG32 Dialling code 01400 Police Lincolnshire Fire Lincolnshire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire Culverthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heydour, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west from Sleaford, 9 miles (14.5 km) north-east from Grantham and 3 miles south-east from Ancaster.
Culverthorpe, with Heydour, Aisby, Oasby and Kelby are the five hamlets within Heydour parish.[1][2]
Culverthorpe comprises Grade II listed Culverthorpe Hall, its estate, farm, park and lake. Constructed in 1679 with later additions,[3][4] the hall is "built in Italian style".[5]
A chapel dedicated to St Bartholomew once stood in the hamlet,[6] its pews later being added to the church of St Andrew at Kelby.[7]
In the Domesday account Culverthorpe is written as "Cudetorp", and described as largely the "Land of Drogo de Beurere". The hamlets of Heydour and Culverthorpe passed through various plantagenet owners during the kingship of Henry III. In the reign of Charles II the house and estate passed into the hands of John Newton, then to his son, and then grandson Sir Michael Newton, ennobled as Knight of the Bath in 1725. Sir Michael Wharton, Member of Parliament for Grantham took possession until his death in 1743, when the estate transferred to his sister and through her, her issue, and their siblings who adopted the Newton name. The last Newton, another Michael, died in 1803, whence the house became untenanted.[4][6]
In the 20th century the estate transferred to the Dymoke branch of the family.
References
- ^ Culverthorpe and Kelby Parish Council, ukvillages.co.uk; retrieved 21 June 2011
- ^ Heydour, Genuki.org.uk; retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Culverthorpe Hall, parksandgardens.ac.uk; retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ a b Lord, John “A Chapel and Some Garden Walls: Culverthorpe in the 1690s” Architectural History – Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Vol. 40, 1997
- ^ Kelley’s Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull 1885 p 471
- ^ a b Creasey, James (2010) Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of New and Old Sleaford, BiblioBazaar, pp. 234-236 ISBN 114393153X; retrieved 22 June 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 181; Methuen & Co. Ltd
Further reading
- Titled Gal Elopes with Groom, TriCity Herald, 8 May 1955; retrieved 22 June 2011
Categories:- Lincolnshire geography stubs
- Villages in Lincolnshire
- Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
- Church of England churches in Lincolnshire
- Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire
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