 Gaddesby's name is derived from the Old Norse words "gaddr" and "by", indicating that it was a settlement during the Danish occupation of England between the 9th and 11th centuries.It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Gadesbi", a mainly pastoral village with a mill, within the hundred of Goscote.The Grade I listed St Luke's Church was originally built as a Norman chapel - a single space without a tower.