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Swinstead Hall Golf Course, Corby, Lincolnshire. (1890s)

Swinstead Hall was the home of the Hon. Miss Elizabeth Sophia Heathcote-Drummond Willoughby.

It was reported in “Golf” in May 1891 that Miss Willoughby had a golf course laid out by Tom Dunn. 

Mention of the Hon. E H D Willoughby at Swinstead Hall, Corby, in February 1894.

 

Swinstead Hall Golf Course, Corby, Lincs. Mention of Swinstead Hall in February 1894.

Grantham Journal Saturday 24 February 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

The nine-hole estate course appeared in the "Golfer’s Guide" in 1895.

 

Swinstead Hall Golf Course, Corby, Lincs. Recent picture of Swinstead Hall.

 

Ordnance Map from the 1900s showing Swinstead Hall.

 

Swinstead Hall Golf Course, Corby, Lincs. O.S Map from the 1900s showing Swinstead Hall.

O.S. Map Revised 1903; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1905}.