ENDERBY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Blaby district, Leicestershire. The village stands near the Fosse way, the river Soar, the Union canal, and the Leicester and Nuneaton railway, 2 miles NNE of Narborough r. station, and 4½ SW by S of Leicester; and has a post office under Leicester. The parish comprises 1,810 acres. Real property, £6, 837; of which £696 are in quarries. Pop., 1, 333. Houses, 283. The property is divided among a few. Enderby Hall belonged to the Nevilles, and passed to the Smiths. Many of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Peterborough; and, till 1867, was united with Whetstone. Value, £176. Patron,Brook, jun., Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a pinnacled tower. There are Independent and P. Methodist chapels, an endowed school, and the Blaby workhouse.—The sub-district contains eight parishes, parts of two other parishes, and four extra-parochial tracts. Acres, 20, 997. Pop., 6, 857. Houses, 1, 496.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))