Heydour
| Heydour | |
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 St Michael's parish church, Heydour |
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 Heydour
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| Heydour shown within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 286 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TF009395 |
| • London | 100 mi (160 km) S |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grantham |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Heydour is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 286 at the 2001 census and increased to 311 at the 2011 census. Heydour lies about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Sleaford and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Grantham. It forms a close group of parish hamlets with Kelby, Culverthorpe, Oasby and Aisby.
The Domesday Book records the place as "Haidure" and "Heidure", with 80 acres (32 ha) of meadow and 16 acres (6.5 ha) of woodland within the manor of Osbournby. Before the Norman Conquest it was under the Lord of the manor lordship of Aelfric, son of Godram, and after 1086, Vitalis.
Around the village, particularly to the south, are earthwork indications of houses, crofts, quarries and ridge and furrow field systems from an earlier Medieval village. The village belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo.
In 1885 the area of the township was 3,140 acres (12.7 km2) with a population in 1881 of 363, and the parish, including Kelby and Culverthorpe, 5,140 acres (20.8 km2) with a population of 447. There existed in Heydour, since the 14th century, freestone quarries that provided the first stones for Belton House.
Kelly’s stated: "In a field west of the church are traces of a large mansion or castle, supposed to have been built in reign of Stephen by one of the Bussey family, who were seated here until about 1609". The Busseys were major landowners of the area and a branch of the same family at Hougham. When the son of John Bussey (ab.1533-1593), Sir Edmund Bussey (1562-1616), came in possession of what was then a manor house it was in a dilapidated state requiring rebuilding, and its land reorganising. The castle or manor house was tightly, socially and physically, integrated with the manor and settlement of Heydour and its parish, unlike other areas of Lincolnshire. The existence of the castle is indicated by remnants of masonry, foundations and ditch, and is a listed monument.
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