Caenby

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country= England

|static_image= File:St.Nicholas' church - geograph.org.uk - 3475790.jpg

|static_image_caption= The grade II listed St.Nicholas' church in Caenby

|coordinates= {{coord|53.38|-00.49|display=it|format=dms}}

|official_name= Caenby

|population=

|shire_district= West Lindsey

|shire_county= Lincolnshire

|metropolitan_borough=

|metropolitan_county=

|region=East Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

|post_town= Market Rasen

|postcode_district= LN8

|postcode_area= LN

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TF001893

|london_distance_mi= 130

|london_direction= S

}}

Caenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} north of the city and county town of Lincoln. The population is included in the civil parish of Glentham.

The place name, Caenby, seems to contain an unrecorded Old Norse personal name Kafni, + bȳ (Old Norse), a farmstead, a village, so possibly, 'Kafni's farm or settlement'.

A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p. 92; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p. 81; K. Cameron, Dictionary of Lincolnshire place-names, (Nottingham, 1998), p. 26; K. Cameron (ed.), Place Names of Lincolnshire: Part 6 (Nottm, 2001), p. 137 The place appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Couenebi.National Archives: E31/2/2/7059

Caenby's Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.{{NHLE|num=1317511 |desc=Church of St Nicholas|accessdate=10 July 2011}} A moated manor house, now the Grade II listed Hall Farm House,{{NHLE|num=1064182 |desc=Hall Farm House|accessdate=10 July 2011| fewer-links=x}} was a seat of the Tournay family from the time of Edward I to George II. In 1541 Henry VIII slept here while on his Lincolnshire progress.Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 92; Methuen & Co. Ltd In the 18th century, Lawrence Monck occupied the house.Hodgson, John [https://books.google.com/books?id=k55nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA356 A History of Northumberland, in three parts, Part 2, Volume 1] p. 356. (2010), {{ISBN|1-145-53854-1}}. Retrieved 10 July 2011

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/caenby_q_site/q16a_caenby.htm|title=Caenby Q Site|website=raf-lincolnshire.info|date=5 December 2012|author=Philip Ralph Johnston|access-date=6 July 2023}}