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Wood Enderby
Saint Benedict's Church, Wood Enderby
Wood EnderbyLocation within Lincolnshire
Population	186 (Including Moorby. 2011)
OS grid reference	TF274638
• London	185 mi (298 km) S
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
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°09′24″N 0°05′43″W / 53.156763°N 0.095150°W / 53.156763; -0.095150

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 Claxby Pluckacre 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.

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 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.

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
2. "Wood Enderby". Genuki. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, pp. 176, 520, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
4. "The Enderbys". Enderbymuseum.ca. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
5. Wood Enderby in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
6. "St Benedicts, Wood Enderby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
7. Historic England. "St Benedicts, Wood Enderby (352823)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2 June 2011.
8. "Wood Enderby". Genuki. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
9. "Rose Cottage, Wood Enderby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
10. Wilksby in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
11. "Wilksby". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
12. "All Saints, Wilksby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
13. "Wilksby". Genuki. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

External links

• Media related to Wood Enderby at Wikimedia Commons

• England
• United Kingdom

• Villages in Lincolnshire
• Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
• East Lindsey District