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- The Saxons built the first church in Enderby. In the 9th century AD the Danes conquered Leicestershire and many place names in the county therefore are Danish. The 'by' ending to the modern name indicates Danish influence.
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The 'by' ending to the modern name indicates Danish influence. The Lord of the Manor was Ulf. After the Norman Conquest, the land was given to Hugh de Grandmesnil. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Enderby (or Endrebie as it was called), probably had a population of less than 100.
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Mavis Enderby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, 4.5 miles (7 km) east from Horncastle.
Mar 14, 2021 · Enderby is a village in Leicestershire located 5 miles Southwest of Leicester. Archaeologists have found evidence of Iron Age (Pre-Roman) settlers on the site of Enderby.
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The parish church in Mavis Enderby is dedicated to St Michael.Set into the floor near the nave is an 18th-century Italian black marble memorial slab to Thomas Skepper.
Mavis Enderby stands just north-east of Old Bolingbroke. The latter was the family seat of John of Gaunt, whose son became Henry IV, or Henry Bolingbroke. During the Civil war, in 1643 the Battle of Winceby was fought 2½ miles to the south.
Mavis Enderby had a peal of bells named after it, called The Brides of Enderby,which is mentioned in Jean Ingelow's poem "High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire 1571". According to the poem this was a peal rung as an alarm. Douglas Adams used the name "Mavis Enderby" in his spoof The Meaning of Liffdictionary "of things that there aren't any words ...
Enderby is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the southwest outskirts of the city of Leicester. The parish includes the neighbourhood of St John's, which is east of the village separated from it by the M1 motorway. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,314. [1]
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Enderby like this: ENDERBY , a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Blaby district, Leicestershire. The village stands near the Fosse way, the river Soar, the Union canal, and the Leicester and Nuneaton railway, 2 miles NNE of Narborough r. station, and 4½ ...
Enderby is a small town located in the district of Blaby, Leicestershire, England. The town is situated on the western edge of the city of Leicester and is known for its rich history and cultural heritage.
