| Static Image Name: | St.Benedict's church, Wood Enderby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 85755.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Saint Benedict's Church, Wood Enderby |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Wood Enderby |
| Coordinates: | 53.1568°N -0.0952°W |
| Population: | 186 |
| Population Ref: | (Including Moorby. 2011)[1] |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Postcode District: | PE22 |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF274638 |
| London Distance Mi: | 185 |
| London Direction: | S |
Wood Enderby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4miles south from Horncastle. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Claxby Pluckacre and Wilksby.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1976.[6]
Rose Cottage, in Wood Enderby, is a Grade II listed 17th-century white-washed mud and stud cottage, with 19th- to 20th-century alterations.[7]
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.[8]
Wilksby church is dedicated to All Saints, Grade II listed, and built of greenstone and red brick,[9] It was renovated in 1895.[10]