Wood Enderby is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the district council was 136,401 at the 2011 census. The council is based in Manby. Other major settlements in the district include Alford, Wragby, Spilsby ...
district
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of
Lincolnshire
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, England. It is situated approximately south from
Horncastle. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Cluxby Puckacre and Wilksby.
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.
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
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for village or homestead.
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. It was declared redundant by the
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.
History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices ...
in 1976.
Rose Cottage, in Wood Enderby, is a Grade II listed 17th-century white-washed mud and stud cottage, with 19th- to 20th-century alterations.
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.
Wilksby church is dedicated to
All Saints, Grade II listed, and built of
greenstone and red brick, It was renovated in 1895.
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District