Bag Enderby, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Enderby, Bag, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, at the source of the river Steeping, 6¼ miles NW by N from Spilsby station on the G.N.R., and 7 ENE of Horncastle. Post town, Spilsby; money order office, Tetford; telegraph office, Partney. Acreage, 627; population, 59. The living is a rectory, with that of Somersby annexed, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £310 with residence. The church is an ancient building of sandstone, of the Late Decorated and Perpendicular periods, containing some ancient tombs and monuments. There is an ancient and very handsome cross in the churchyard at Somersby.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Bag Enderby St. Margaret | |
Hundred | Hill | |
Poor Law union | Horncastle |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Bag Enderby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1567-1907 | 1566-1837 | 1563-1911 |
The register dates from the year 1561.
Churches
Church of England
St. Margaret (parish church)
The church of St. Margaret is an ancient edifice of sandstone, of the Late Decorated and Perpendicular periods, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing 2 bells: in a window on the south side are the arms of Croyland Abbey: the Perpendicular font stands upon the remains of a sepulchral slab, and the basin is ornamented with various quaint devices: in the floor of the church are several large sepulchral slabs; the chancel windows retain some fragments of stained glass, and there is also a small piscina: against the north wall is a monument to Andrew Gedney and Dorothy, his wife, with family; the figure of the former is attired in the armour and dress of the late 16th century; both parents, with their two sons and two daughters, are represented as kneeling before two prayer desks; below is a shield of arms and a mutilated inscription, giving only the date of death of Dorothy Gedney, 7 June, 1591: there are 100 sittings. The church was restored in 1915 at the expense of the rector.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bag Enderby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Enderby, Bag (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Bag Enderby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: