Caenby
| Caenby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Snowdrops by Caenby church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF001892 |
| Location: | 53°23’27"N, 0°29’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Caenby is a hamlet in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, ten miles north of the county town, the City of Lincoln.
The name 'Caenby' seems to contain an unrecorded Old Norse personal name Kafni, with bȳ meaning 'village' or 'farmstead'[1][2][3] The place appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Couenebi.[4]
About the village
Caenby's parish church, St Nicholas, is a Grade II listed building.[5]
A moated manor house, now the Grade II listed Hall Farm House,[6] was a seat of the Tournay family from the time of Edward I to George II. In 1541 King Henry VIII slept here while on his Lincolnshire progress.[7] In the 18th century the house was occupied by Lawrence Monck.[6][8]
History
In 1945 fields adjacent to Caenby were a military Q decoy site, maintained by RAF Hemswell. Dummy plywood buildings, inflatable rubber aircraft or vehicles, and a ploughed faux runway were set up to simulate an active airfield and draw German bombers away from genuine target airfields.
See also
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 81 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Cameron, K.: 'Place-Names of Lincolnshire , Part 6' (English Place-Names Society, 2001), page 137
- ↑ National Archives: E31/2/2/7059
- ↑ National Heritage List 1317511: Church of St Nicholas (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 National Heritage List 1064182: Hall Farm House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p.92; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Hodgson, John: 'A History of Northumberland Part 2, Volume 1' p. 356. (2010), ISBN 1-145-53854-1