| Wood Enderby | |
Saint Benedict's, Wood Enderby |
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Wood Enderby
Wood Enderby shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF274638 |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | PE22 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish about 4 miles south of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, and the civil parish includes the hamlet of Wilksby.[1]
The name "Enderby" appears to derive from Eindrithi's by - (Einraethi being Old Norse for "sole ruler" with the suffix -by being Old English for village or homestead, either from the Old Norse byr or boer, and/or from Old Danish/Swedish by.)[2]
Wood Enderby appears as Endrebi in Domesday Book of 1086,[3] at which time the Lord of the Manor was King William the Conqueror, but is later referred to as Woodenderby in 1198 and 1328. The village lies on a fairly level platform of sandstone about 100 feet above sea level but overlain by glacial drift of a clayey nature.[2]
The church, which is a Grade II listed building, is dedicated to Saint Benedict was almost entirely rebuilt 1860 using limestone and greenstone.[4][5] The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1976.[6]
Rose Cottage, in Wood Enderby, is a 17th century white-washed mud and stud cottage, with 19th/20th century alterations, which is Grade II listed.[7]
Wilksby is a hamlet, in the civil parish of Wood Enderby, and was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wilchesbi, with the Lord of the Manor being King William the Conqueror.[8] It is a former parish, abolished in 1936 and amalgamated with Wood Enderby.[9]
Wilksby church is a Grade II listed building[10] built of greenstone and red brick,[10] dedicated to All Saints which was renovated in 1895.[11]