Fact sheet 1 Enderby Heritage Group

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ORIGIN of the NAME ENDERBY

There is no definitive origin for the name, it is probably from one of the

Following, all of which are person names. The addition of ‘BY’ meaning farmstead or village was introduced when the area was part of the Danelaw.

OLD ENGLISH

OLD SCANDANAVIAN

EANRED			ANDERBY
			ARNTHORRBY
			EINDRITHIBY

THE DOMESDAY BOOK gives the name as ENDREBIE

Early settlement

The earliest human activity is represented by late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age material. The Iron Age (First Century BC) provides the first occupation evidence in the form of a farmstead. Roman pottery has been found during field walking but there is no evidence of occupation. It is in the early Saxon period (Fifth – Sixth Century AD) when the area is resettled and there has been continual occupation since.

Population

1087	10	Villein 1 Border 1 Servi Domesday Book
1377	88	Poll tax payers
1563	82	Diocesan population returns Enderby and Whetstone
1603	350	Communicants and Recusant Enderby and Whetstone
1676	195	Ecclesiastical Census
1801	513	Census
1811	804	Census
1821	1143	Census
1831	1141	Census
1841	1236	Census
1851	1335	Census
1861	1333	Census
1871	1390	Census
1881	1677	Census
1891	2358	Census
1901	1638	Census

Area

Medieval Parish	1538 acres 3 field system Field Names – Upperfield, Middlefield, Netherfield
1604	Enclosure of Enderby by Agreement
1861	Takes in part of Lubbesthorpe 1661 acres
1902	Part of the Parish of St. Andrew’s Aylestone transferred to Enderby

Mainly Nineteenth Century Facts:

Religion in Enderby

The original Parish Church at Alderby was built in a field near the River Soar, and was exposed to the dangers of floods, it being hazardous for inhabitants to go into. Enderby did not have a Chapel and permission was given around 1220 AD to take down and rebuild on the hill in Enderby thence forth to be the Parish Church. In 1225 the first Vicar appointed was Richard de Graham. A full list of Vicars is to be found in the Parish Church. The early Ecclesiastical parish included the curacy of Whetstone.

1822	Independent Chapel erected
1846	Parish Church repaired
1849	Providence (Methodist) Chapel erected
1861	Independent Chapel enlarged to hold 350 seats
1863	Church requires additional burial ground
1866	Old Church yard ordered to be closed on 1/7/1867
1867	Charles Brook gives part of field called Churchyard Close
1867	New Parish of Whetstone formed, power to raise rates for Church abolished
1868	Parish Church rebuilt except for the tower, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, cost £7000
1887	New Primitive Methodist Chapel built
1890	Mission Hall built by Ralph Walker Esq.

Education in Enderby

1724	School mentioned in Enderby, possibly a Dame School
1759	Endowed School with Master for 30 poor children
1860 – 1861	Church of England sponsored National School built, cost £1380, consisting of a large schoolroom for 120 and an Infant schoolroom for 30 and a new Masters house. The National School opens Easter 1861.
1883	New Infant school for 160 pupils, cost £400
1891	National School enlarged to accommodate 350 children, cost £650, Infants enlarged for 200 children

Public Buildings of Enderby

1838	Blaby Union Workhouse completed

Local Government in Enderby