Lubbesthorpe
{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in Blaby, Leicestershire, England}}
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Lubbesthorpe is a hamlet and parish in the district of Blaby[http://www.leicestershireandrutlandalc.gov.uk/local-council-contacts/lubbesthorpe Leicester and Rutland local councils] Lubbesthorpe within Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester, England, on the west side of the M1 motorway and the River Soar.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Lubbesthorpe/ GENUKI] Lubbesthorpe
Name
The name is said to mean "Lubba's Thorpe", i.e. a small settlement belonging to Lubba, an Old Danish name.W. G. Hoskins (1935) Leicestershire Archaeological Society vol XVIII part 2 page 143 "The Anglian and Scandinavian Settlement of Leicestershire" It has been spelled as Lubbesthorpe.
History
It was listed in the Domesday Book as a group of nine households.[http://opendomesday.org/place/SK5401/lubbesthorpe/ Open Domesday Book] Lubbesthorpe 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.I. S. Leadam (1891) Notes And Queries 7, XI pp 481-2 By 1810 these were both ruins and the stone was being removed for road mending. It was established as a full civil parish in 1866, with various additions and removals changing its area afterward. In 1872 the hamlet, belonging to the Duke of Rutland, had a population of 64;{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11139 |title=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lubbesthorpe, in Blaby and Leicestershire, Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time. |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=1 August 2015}} this rose to 118 in 1921.
Current
The current houses are a little away from the medieval settlement, the remains of which are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.{{NHLE |num=1017213 |desc=Lubbesthorpe medieval settlement remains at Abbey Farm |accessdate=6 July 2017}} (A rabbit warren here is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.){{NHLE |num=1018000 |desc=Rabbit warren 180m north east of The Lawn |accessdate=6 July 2017}}
As at 2014 new housing estate of 4,250 homes is planned, informally known as New Lubbesthorpe.[http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Plans-4-250-home-estate-plan-approved/story-20443774-detail/story.html Leicester Mercury 15 Jan 2014] Plans for 4,250-home estate plan in Lubbesthorpe approved[https://www.blaby.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=3077 New Lubbesthorpe Design Access Statement]
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Category:Civil parishes in Leicestershire