Lubbesthorpe

Private farm track off the Lubbesthorpe Bridle Road

Lubbesthorpe is a hamlet and parish in the district of Blaby^[1] within Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester, on the west side of the M1 motorway and the River Soar.^[2]

Name

The name is said to mean "Lubba's Thorpe", i.e. a small settlement belonging to Lubba, an Old Danish name.^[3] It has been spelled as Lubbesthorpe.^[2]

History

It was listed in the Domesday Book as a group of nine households.^[4] In 1302 there was a chantry chapel, founded by Roger la Zouch, and in about 1534 a manor house (described as "a very faire and gallant house") built by the Earl of Huntingdon.^[5] By 1810 these were both ruins and the stone was being removed for road mending.^[5] It was established as a full civil parish in 1866, with various additions and removals changing its area afterward.^[2] In 1872 the hamlet, belonging to the Duke of Rutland, had a population of 64;^[6] this rose to 118 in 1921.^[2]

Current

The current houses are a little away from the medieval settlement, the remains of which are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[7] (A rabbit warren here is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.)^[8]

As at 2014 new housing estate of 4,250 homes is planned, informally known as New Lubbesthorpe.^[9][10]

References

1. Leicester and Rutland local councils Lubbesthorpe
2. GENUKI Lubbesthorpe
3. W. G. Hoskins (1935) Leicestershire Archaeological Society vol XVIII part 2 page 143 "The Anglian and Scandinavian Settlement of Leicestershire"
4. Open Domesday Book Lubbesthorpe
5. I. S. Leadam (1891) Notes And Queries 7, XI pp 481-2
6. "GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lubbesthorpe, in Blaby and Leicestershire, Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". Retrieved 1 August 2015.
7. Historic England. "Lubbesthorpe medieval settlement remains at Abbey Farm (1017213)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
8. Historic England. "Rabbit warren 180m north east of The Lawn (1018000)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
9. Leicester Mercury 15 Jan 2014 Plans for 4,250-home estate plan in Lubbesthorpe approved
10. New Lubbesthorpe Design Access Statement

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