Islip, Northamptonshire

Islip /ˈaɪzlɪp/ is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire, England. The village is just west of Thrapston and 7 miles (11 km) east of Kettering. The parish is bounded to the east by the River Nene and to the north by Harpurs Brook, a tributary of the Nene. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 829 people.[1]

Islip

St Nicholas' Church, Islip
Islip
Location within Northamptonshire
Population829 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSP9878
Civil parish
  • Islip
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKettering
Postcode districtNN14
Dialling code01832
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteIslip Parish Web Site

Parish church

Islip had a parish church by the early 13th century but the present Perpendicular Gothic[2] Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was built early in the 15th century.[3] St. Nicholas' shares a benefice with the parishes of Thrapston and Denford.[4]

Social and economic history

The manor of Islip was held by Geoffrey de Mowbray, Bishop of Coutances in 1086. When he lost his English estates a few years later due to rebellion, the Crown granted part of the manor to Westminster Abbey and, in the early 12th century, part to Aubrey de Vere II, a royal chamberlain. Aubrey's son Robert held in Islip, Drayton, and Addington, Northamptonshire.[5]

Matthias Nicoll moved to New York from Islip in 1664. He was Mayor of New York in 1671. [6]The town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York is named after the Northamptonshire village.[7]

The Iron Industry

Quarrying for iron ore began to the south west of the village in 1869. An ironworks was built close to the quarries and next to the Kettering to Huntingdon railway. The works began production of pig iron in 1873. The works became the centre of a network of quarries and mines not just near Islip but in the surrounding district over the next seventy or so years. Tramways brought the ore to the works from the immediate area as well as from Slipton,Twywell,Lowick and Sudborough. Most of the ore was smelted in the Islip works but at various times it was also taken to works at Wellingborough, Corby and further afield. This ore was transhipped into main line rail wagons at the sidings that were built next to the iron works. The Islip quarries were worked for iron ore on and off up to 1919 and again in 1933. Limestone was also quarried between 1900 and 1931. An iron mine called the Church Mine was begun 1910 The entrance was from one of the Islip quarries. Another mine was begun in 1923 with an entrance near Lowick called Church Mine North.The tramways in the open air were built to a 3 foot gauge but in the mines there were 2 foot 6 inch tramways. Haulage was at first by horses but from 1875 steam locomotives were introduced on the 3 foot gauge. In the mines horses were used throughout although things changed in the 1930s.

The quarries,mines and works come under the control of the company that ran the Corby ironworks in 1930. They increased production and in 1933 the Church Mine and Church Mine North were connected underground. Henceforward the southern entrance close to the works was used.for both mines. They introduced diesel locomotives in the mines from 1933 except in the headings where horses were still used. In 1933 production was doubled over 1933. The ironworks continued production until 1942. During that time the works produced iron for casting, whereas the Corby works produced basic iron for steel making (from 1936 at the new Corby Steel Works.) In 1941 there was a proposal to convert the 3 foot gauge tramways to standard gauge and to connect them to the Corby works system to enable transport to those works without transhipment (except at the mine exit) or use of the main line railway route through Kettering. However this never happened. The quarries and mines at Slipton had closed by this time. The mine closed in 1947 and the Twywell quarries in 1948.The quarries at Lowick and Sudborough continued until 1952, still sending their ore by tramway past the village of Islip to the Islip sidings for transhipment to the main line. [8] Calcined ore which had been left near to the ironworks was extracted until 1969.[9]

The site of the iron works was occupied by various industrial and commercial concerns after closure. Some of the original buildings remain but others have been demolished. Some traces remain of the quarries but much has been filled in with landfill rubbish or otherwise. Similarly some traces of the tramways remain. The entrances to the mines have been sealed but in one place the surface above the mine collapsed.in 1985. [10]

Amenities

The village has two public houses: The Rose and Crown and The Woolpack Inn.[11] It has also a working men's club, a hairdresser[12] and a beauty salon.[13]

Islip also has a football team, Islip United FC.

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References
  1. Office for National Statistics: Islip CP: Parish headcounts Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 269.
  3. Page 1930, pp. 215–218.
  4. Archbishops' Council (2010). "St Nicholas, Islip". Church of England. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. Victoria County History of Northamptonshire, vol. III, p. 215.
  6. Mee, Arthur. Banks, FR (ed.). Northamptonshire. The King's England (1975 ed.). London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 194. ISBN 0-340-168-15-3.
  7. "Endangered: Historic Preservation". New York Times. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  8. Tonks, Eric (1991). The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands: Part V The Kettering Area. Cheltenham: Runpast. pp. 106–149. ISBN 1 870754 05 0.
  9. Tonks. Page 154
  10. Tonks Pages 154-9
  11. The Woolpack Inn
  12. Hair at Number One
  13. Corinne Beauty Therapy

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