Islip, Northamptonshire
| Islip | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP9878 |
| Location: | 52°23’56"N, -0°33’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 763 (2001) |
| Post town: | Kettering |
| Postcode: | NN14 |
| Dialling code: | 01832 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
| Website: | Islip Parish Web Site |
Islip is a village in Northamptonshire, found just west of Thrapston and 7 miles 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 2001 recorded the parish's population as 763 people.
Parish church
Islip had a parish church by the early 13th century but the present Perpendicular Gothic parish church of Saint Nicholas was built early in the 15th century. St. Nicholas' shares a benefice with the parishes of Thrapston and Denford.[1]
Social and economic history
Matthias Nicoll moved to New York from Islip in 1664. The town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York is named after the Northamptonshire village.[2]
About the village
The village has two public houses: The Rose and Crown and The Woolpack Inn.[3] It has also a working men's club, a hairdresser[4] and a beauty salon.[5]
Islip also has a football team, Islip United FC.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Islip, Northamptonshire) |
References
- ↑ Archbishops' Council (2010). "St Nicholas, Islip". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/islip-st-nicholas-church/. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ↑ "Endangered: Historic Preservation". New York Times. June 12 2005. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0DE1038F931A25755C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ↑ The Woolpack Inn
- ↑ Hair at Number One
- ↑ Corinne Beauty Therapy
Books
- Page, W.H., ed (1930). A History of the County of Northampton, Volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 215–218.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 269. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.