Culverthorpe is a hamlet in the

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of Culverthorpe and Kelby, in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is bas ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. It lies south-west from

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington, Lincolnshire, ...

, north-east from

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

and south-east from Ancaster.

History

According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', the 'thorpe' in Culverthorpe derives from the Old Scandinavian for "outlying farmstead or hamlet", with 'Culver' the later added owner's name of uncertain origin. In the ''

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'' account Culverthorpe is written as "Torp". The settlement was in the Aswardhurn

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of Kesteven, Lincolnshire.There were nine households, eight villagers, a priest and a church, four ploughlands and of meadow. Before the

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the

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was held by Tonni of Lusby but afterwards by

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who also became

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. The hamlets of

Heydour Heydour is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish population of 286 at the 2001 census rose to 311 at the 2011 census. Heydour lies about south-west of Sleaford and north-east of Grantham. ...

and Culverthorpe passed through various

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owners during the reign of Henry III. The

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listed

Culverthorpe Hall Culverthorpe Hall, Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire, England is an 18th-century country house. It is a Grade I listed building. History In the 17th century the estate at Culverthorpe was held by the Listers. In around 1679, it was bought by Sir John Ne ...

, together with its estate, farm, park and lake, was constructed in 1679 for the Newton family "in the Italian style" with later additions.Lord, Joh
“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 In the reign of Charles II the house and estate descended to

Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet (9 June 162631 May 1699) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685. Newton was the son of Thomas Newton of Gunwarley, Lincolnshire. In 1660, Newton was elected Member of Parliament ...

, MP for

for 25 years, then to his son, another John, and then to his grandson Sir Michael Newton, Bt, appointed

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in 1725 and also MP for Grantham. On Sir Michael's death in 1743 the estate transferred to his sister, Susanna Archer, and through her to her issue and their siblings, who adopted the Newton name. The last Newton, another Michael, died in 1803, whereupon the house became untenanted.Creasey, James (2010)
''Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of New and Old Sleaford''
BiblioBazaar, pp. 234-236 . Retrieved 22 June 2011 In the 20th century the estate transferred to the Dymoke branch of the family. Culverthorpe is recorded in the 1872 '' White's Directory'' as a village and

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in the parish of Haydor (Heydour), with a population of 101 in of land. Culverthorpe land was owned by J. A. Houblon

ohn Archer-Houblon (1803-1891) Ohn is a Burmese name, used by people from Myanmar. Notable people with the name include: * Daw Ohn (1913–2003), Burmese professor in Pali * Ohn Gyaw (born 1932), Burmese Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1998 * Ohn Kyaing (born 1944), Bur ...

of Hallingbury Place emolished 1926, at Great Hallingbury">Great_Hallingbury.html" ;"title="emolished 1926, at Great Hallingbury">emolished 1926, at Great Hallingburyin Essex">Great Hallingbury">emolished 1926, at Great Hallingbury">Great_Hallingbury.html" ;"title="emolished 1926, at Great Hallingbury">emolished 1926, at Great Hallingburyin Essex. Culverthorpe Hall was unoccupied in 1872, but its owner and lord of the manor derived the house from his grandfather, "the last of the Newtons". The chapel built by the Newtons was disused, and there were "no traces of the ancient chapel, dedicated to St Bartholomew". The principal inhabitants of Culverthorpe in 1872 were three farmers, one of whom was also a carpenter and builder. The chapel dedicated to

St Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

once stood in the hamlet, its pews later being added to the church of

St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

at Kelby.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 181; Methuen & Co. Ltd

References

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* * {{Authority control Hamlets in Lincolnshire Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District