Lubbesthorpe

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]

Private farm track off the Lubbesthorpe Bridle Road

Name

The name is said to mean "Lubba's Thorpe", i.e. a small settlement belonging to Lubba, an Old English 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] In 1872 the hamlet, belonging to the Duke of Rutland, had a population of 64;[6] this rose to 118 in 1921.[2]

It was established as a full civil parish in 1866, with various additions and removals changing its area afterward.[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]

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

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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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