Lubbesthorpe is a hamlet and parish in the district of BlabyLeicester 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.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.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; 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. (A rabbit warren here is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.)
As at 2014 new housing estate of 4,250 homes is planned, informally known as New Lubbesthorpe.Leicester Mercury 15 Jan 2014 Plans for 4,250-home estate plan in Lubbesthorpe approvedNew Lubbesthorpe Design Access Statement
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