Description
Enderby, Bag, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, at the source of the river Steeping, 6 1/4 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.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
