William Horspool was born in 1816 the son of George Horspool and Catherine Bendall.
The following report appeared in the Stamford Mercury on Friday 4th February 1831.
On Sunday last (29th Jan), as William Horspool, aged 14, son of Mr Horspool, gardener to G. Finch, Esq. at Burley on the Hill, was sliding on the fish-pond, the ice broke, and he was drowned before any assistance could be rendered him.