Wood Enderby, Lincolnshire, PE22 7PQ

Date of visit: 26th Mar 2022

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) 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 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.

Internal ref number: LL/122/313

Date of Visit: 26th Mar 2022

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Info
Phone Number (if known): EX 01507 568298

Northing & Westing: 53°09’29.5″N, 0°05’44.0″W
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Grid Reference: TF 27436 64034
OS X & Y: 364034, 527436
Latitude & Longitude: 53.15819, -0.095537
UK Postcode: PE22 7PQ
County: Lincolnshire


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