Inskip-with-Sowerby
| Inskip-with-Sowerby | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | PRESTON | |
| Postcode district | PR4 | |
| Dialling code | 01772 | |
| Police | Lancashire | |
| Fire | Lancashire | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Inskip-with-Sowerby is a civil parish in the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England. A part of the Fylde, the parish includes the village of Inskip and the hamlets Crossmoor to the west and Sowerby to the east. Also Inskip Moss Side lies about a mile north-west of the village at grid reference SD452391. In 2011 it had a population of 840.
The parish adjoins the Wyre parishes of Great Eccleston, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre and Myerscough and Bilsborrow, along with Woodplumpton in the City of Preston and also Treales, Roseacre and Wharles and Elswick in the Borough of Fylde.
Toponymy
The first part of the name Inskip may be the
History
Inskip was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Inscip along with Sowerby Sorbi, within the Amounderness Hundred.[4] Inskip's area was estimated in that survey to be two carucates of land, with Sowerby half the size. Both manors belonging to Tostig Godwinson prior to the Norman Conquest.[5][6]
Inskip's church is dedicated to
A military radio communications facility has been developed on the former RNAS Inskip airfield in the Higham area to the south-east of the parish (extending into Treales, Roseacre and Wharles parish). It was known as 'HMS Nightjar' during World War I and World War II.[8][9]
An ancient area of common land at Carr House Green in the south of the parish is today owned by the parish council. 10 local properties still have legal rights to graze cattle and geese on the open grassland, but it is now used as a recreation site.[10]
Governance
Inskip-with-Sowerby was once a township in the ancient parish of St Michael's on Wyre. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Garstang Rural District from 1894 till 1974.[11] It has since become part of the Borough of Wyre.
Along with
Media gallery
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MOD antenna farm -
St. Peter's church , Inskip -
New Hall Farm, Sowerby -
Carr House Green Common
See also
References
Footnotes
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester University Press. p. 161. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Porter (1876), p. 32
- OCLC 59626695. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b Porter (1876), p. 474
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Inskip (1073074)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "RNAS Inskip airfield control tower - HMS Nightjar". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Aeroengland | RNAS Inskip aka HMS Nightjar aerial photograph". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Carrs Green Common". Inskip with Sowerby Parish Council. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Inskip With Sowerby Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Great Eccleston". MARIO. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Great Eccleston". Ordnance Survey Linked Data Platform. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
Sources
- Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. OCLC 12931605.
External links
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