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The Heygates are one of the old Northamptonshire land-owning families, who have lived around here for three or four hundred years. John Heygate was the youngest child, and the third son of the family. Born in September 1755, he was brought up to recognise his responsibilities to the community and he lived up to them. In addition to endowing West Haddon school (which at times in its history has been known as the Heygate School) he was also one of the first subscribers to the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum (later known as St Andrew’s Hospital) to the considerable sum of £500. John Heygate was a bachelor. He lived at The Grange,a substantial farm just outside West Haddon. He died on Christmas Eve in 1837, and is buried in the family vault under West Haddon Church. |
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