Enderby, Leicestershire

Description
Enderby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The Aillage stands near the Fosse Way, the river Soar, the Union Canal, and the Leicester and Nuneaton branch of the L. & N.W.R., 2 miles NNE from Narborough railway station, and 4g- SW by S from Leicester, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leicester. The parish comprises 1672 acres ; population, 2399. Enderby Hall belonged to the Nevilles, and is now the seat of the Drummond family. Most of the inhabitants work either in the large granite quarries or in boot factories. A railway was opened in 1893, from Narborough to Enderby, under the joint management of the M.R. and the L. & N.W.R., to convey the granite from the quarries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough ; net value, £190 with residence. The church, originally built in 1270, was rebuilt in 1868 with the exception of the tower. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels, and the Blaby Union Workhouse stands in this parish.