Caenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north from the city and county town of Lincoln. The population is included in the civil parish of Glentham.

Caenby
Caenby Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF001893
• London	130 mi (210 km) S
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Market Rasen
Postcode district	LN8
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.38°N 00.49°W / 53.38; -00.49

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'. [1] The place appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Couenebi.[2]

Caenby's Grade II listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas.[3] A moated manor house, now the Grade II listed Hall Farm House,[4] 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.[5] In the 18th century the house was occupied by Lawrence Monck.[4][6]

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Caenby Corner

References

External links

• Media related to Caenby at Wikimedia Commons
• "Caenby (or Cannby)", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2011