Welcome to Wood Enderby
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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.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.
Parish Information
Parish statistics
Area |
551 hectares |
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Population |
192 (2021) |
Density |
35 people/km2 |
Mean age |
51.1 |
Ward |
Horncastle |
District |
East Lindsey |
Postcodes |
PE22 |
ONS ID |
E04005769 |
Council
Contact details for Wood Enderby Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.
Education
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Business
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Planning
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Property
Price paid data for all property sold in Wood Enderby Parish since 2018. Includes average prices for each property type.
Heritage
Local heritage sites, historic churches, heritage pubs plus local heritage initiatives for Wood Enderby Parish.
Local News
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Boston and East Lindsey collections suspended as bin men down with COVID
Published: 26th Jan 2021
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Tributes to Liberal candidate and church warden
Published: 27th Mar 2023
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Bin collections resume in Boston, but still delays in other areas
Published: 8th Feb 2021