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Islip is a village and civil parish now in the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. From 1974 until April 2021 it was part of the East Northamptonshire District of 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 UK census of 2011 recorded the parish's population as 829 people. Islip had a parish church by the early 13th century but the present Perpendicular Gothic Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was built early in the 15th century. 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 lands in Islip and in Great Addington, Northamptonshire. Matthias Nicoll moved to New York from Islip in 1664. He was Mayor of New York in 1671. The town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York is named after the Northamptonshire village. [edit] The iron industryQuarrying for iron ore began to the southwest 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. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Islip, Northamptonshire#Iron industry. The Victoria County History for Northamptonshire has an article for Islip in Volume 3, pp 215-218. [edit] Research Tips[edit] A Vision of Britain through TimeA Vision of Britain through Time describes parishes and former parishes from a gazetteer of 1871; provides an outline of the historic administration links for parishes. The OS map of 1900, the OS map of 1935, and the OS map of 1965 all show parish boundaries and settlements within parishes. These maps are all expandable to show individual parishes and are useful for inspecting changes occuring over the 20th century. [edit] Archive Centres
[edit] Northamptonshire Family History SocietyThe NFHS website describes the activities of the society. The Society is presently transcribing the deposited Marriage Registers for the period 1754 through 1837. These transcriptions may provide more details than can be found on other databases where subscriptions are charged. [edit] GENUKIThe main GENUKI page for Northamptonshire lists a number of topics for research. [edit] Victoria County History
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