Wood Enderby Explained

Static Image Name:St.Benedict's church, Wood Enderby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 85755.jpg
Static Image Caption:Saint Benedict's Church, Wood Enderby
Country:England
Official Name:Wood Enderby
Coordinates:53.1568°N -0.0952°W
Population:186
Population Ref:(Including Moorby. 2011)[1]
Region:East Midlands
Postcode District:PE22
Postcode Area:PE
Os Grid Reference:TF274638
London Distance Mi:185
London Direction:S

Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4miles south from Horncastle. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Claxby Pluckacre and Wilksby.[2]

Wood Enderby has no amenities, such as a local shop or any retail outlet. There are approximately 50 households in the hamlet of Wood Enderby and nearly all are registered as private dwellings, there are few commercial dwellings in Wood Enderby. Wood Enderby has a 30 mph speed limit throughout the hamlet and its extremities.

A Dictionary of British Place Names states that Enderby derives from the Old Scandinavian person name 'Eindrithi', with 'by', Old Scandinavian for a farmstead, village or settlement.[3] According to the web site of the Enderby & District Museum Society, Canada, the name Enderby "seems" to derive from 'Eindrithi's by', with Einraethi being Old Norse for 'sole ruler' with the suffix -by being Old English for village or homestead.[4]

Wood Enderby is listed as "Endrebi" in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time the Lord of the Manor was William I. In 1198 and 1328 it was referred to as Woodenderby.

The Grade II listed church, dedicated to St Benedict, was almost entirely rebuilt in 1860 using limestone and greenstone.[5] It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1976.[6]

Rose Cottage, in Wood Enderby, is a Grade II listed 17th-century white-washed mud and stud cottage, with 19th- to 20th-century alterations.[7]

Wilksby

Wilksby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 as "Wilchesbi", with the Lord of the Manor being William I.

It is a former civil parish, abolished in 1936 and amalgamated with Wood Enderby.[8]

Wilksby church is dedicated to All Saints, Grade II listed, and built of greenstone and red brick,[9] It was renovated in 1895.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 21 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Wood Enderby. Genuki. 2 June 2011.
  3. Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, pp. 176, 520, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011).
  4. Web site: The Enderbys. Enderbymuseum.ca. 2 June 2011.
  5. Web site: St Benedicts, Wood Enderby. British Listed Buildings. 2 June 2011.
  6. Web site: Wood Enderby. Genuki. 2 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Rose Cottage, Wood Enderby. British Listed Buildings. 2 June 2011.
  8. Web site: Wilksby. Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. 2 June 2011.
  9. Web site: All Saints, Wilksby. British Listed Buildings. 2 June 2011.
  10. Web site: Wilksby. Genuki. 2 June 2011.