Claim: Westholme House was occupied by the military during the Second World War that lasted from 1939 to 1945, then Kesteven County Council acquired the property  and turned it to a library at the house by 1949.
Evidence: Westholme was occupied by the military during the Second World War. Kesteven County Council had acquired the property and its parkland by 1945 and proposed to use it for educational purposes. The Department provisionally agreed on £1,276 16s in 1947 and the library was operating at the house by 1949. World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.