In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Heydor like this:
HAYDOR, a village and a township in Grantham district, and a parish partly also in Sleaford district, Lincoln. The village stands 4 miles SE of Ancaster r. station, and 6½ ENE of Grantham. The township includes also the hamlets of Aisby and Oseby. Acres, 3,140. Real property, £3,528; of which £75 are in quarries. ...
Pop., 346. Houses, 64. The parish contains also the chapelries of Culverthorpe and Kelby; the former of which has a post-office under Sleaford. Acres, 5,140. Real property, £5,802. Pop., 565. Houses, 103. The manor belongs to J. A. Houblon, Esq. Culverthorpe Hall is a chief residence. An oolite stone, of which Lincoln cathedral and Boston church were built, is quarried. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelries of Culverthorpe and Kelby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £600.* Patron, J. A. Houblon, Esq. The parish church is partly early English, partly of later dates; and has a lofty tower, and some fine stained glass. There is a church also in Kelby.
Heydor through time
Heydor is now part of South Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Heydor itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Heydor, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12593
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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