[1] In 1137, Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln offered the site of Haverholme Priory to the Cistercian monks of Fountains Abbey.

[2] The Gilbertines also inherited the responsibility for keeping the neighbouring fens drained, and to maintain a foot ferry to Sleaford across the River Slea at Ewerby Waith.

The exterior was decorated with turrets and battlements, the staircase was graced by Finches griffin which made for imposing finials, the walls were lined by Gobelins tapestry and armour from Kirby Hall, and allegorical pictures made by his great aunt Lady Gordon, who was a pupil of Gainsborough.

Most of the stone structure of Haverholme was sold in 1926 by RUDD to an American woman who planned to reassemble it in America.

[6] The present ruin is the remains of a Gothic building built around 1835 to designs by the architect Henry Edward Kendall.