{{Short description|Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name = St Margaret, Bag Enderby - geograph.org.uk - 425915.jpg |static_image_caption =St Margaret's Church, Bag Enderby |coordinates = {{coord|53.22|00.01|display=inline,title}} |label_position = top |official_name = Bag Enderby |population = |civil_parish=Greetham with Somersby |shire_district = East Lindsey |shire_county = Lincolnshire |region=East Midlands |constituency_westminster = |post_town = Spilsby |postcode_district = PE23 |postcode_area = PE |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = TF3472 | london_distance_mi= 120<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction= S }}
'''Bag Enderby''' is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just north of the A158 road, {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} north-east from Horncastle and {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} north-west from Partney. In 1931, the parish had a population of 29.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10414933/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Bag Enderby AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 September 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1936, the parish was abolished and merged with Somersby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10414933|title=Relationships and changes Bag Enderby AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 September 2023}}</ref>
Bag Enderby is little more than the buildings of Hall Farm, Ferndale Manor (which at one time was the rectory), a few cottages and a church.
The village Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Margaret.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1147744 |desc=Church of St Margaret, Church Lane|accessdate= 17 April 2012}}</ref> It was built in 1407 with money bequeathed by Albinus de Enderby, who died in that year, and is commemorated on a sepulchral slab. Brass inscriptions are to Thomas and Agnes Enderby, 1390; and to John Gedney, 1533. In the chancel are effigies of Andrew and Dorothy Gedney and their four children, 1591. The font includes sculptures of Pietà, and David playing the harp. There are also fragments of old glass depicting the arms of Crowland Abbey.<ref>Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 50; Methuen & Co. Ltd</ref><ref name=Pevsner>Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' pp. 174, 175; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0300096208}}</ref>
The father of Alfred, Lord Tennyson was minister of the church from 1807 to 1831.
Was once home to 1960s singer Paul Hanford.
==See also== *Bag End *Mavis Enderby *Wood Enderby *Enderby, Leicestershire
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Bag Enderby}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040421171700/http://groups.msn.com/EnglishChurchPhotographs/morelincolnshirechurches.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=213 St Margaret's Church, Bag Enderby] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526152513/http://www.enderbymuseum.ca/thepast/geog/enderbys.htm The Enderbys] *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/BagEnderby/ "Bag Enderby"], Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2012
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Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:East Lindsey District