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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Wood Enderby

Census

• The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Benedict.
  
  
• The church was built of green sandstone.
  
  
• Portions of the church were rebuilt with warm-tinted sandstone in 1860.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1892.
  
  
• The church seats 130.
  
  
• The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in July, 1976. About two years later it began life as a store.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. Benedict's church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Benedict's Church taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

• Here are two other photos of St. Benedict's Church, taken by Patricia McCrory (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire Archives hold opies of the parish register for baptisms 1561-1974; marriages 1563-1965; burials 1561-1979; and Bishop's transcripts for 1561-1855.
  
  
• The parish had a Wesleyan Methodists chapel built in 1876 (it replaced an older building). For information and assistance in researching this chapel, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tetford sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Wood Enderby is both a village and a parish in the Wold hills, about 4 miles south of Horncastle. Scrivelsby parish lies to the north and Haltham parish to the west.

Wood Enderby village is a smallish place, with a small rivulet running past the north end of the village. If you are planning a visit:

• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Manors

• Patricia McCrory (who retains the copyright) offers these pictures of what we believe is the Manor House in Wood Enderby:
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 2763.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #273 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Horncastle Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also in the Horncastle Soke.
  
  
• The fen allotment for this parish was transferred to Wildmore parish when that parish was formed.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire reports, perhaps erroneously, that the parish was in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Moorby parish.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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