About Irthlingborough
Irthlingborough is a town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 8, 535 at the 2011 census and was the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F. C. , prior to the promotion of Forest Green Rovers to the EFL in May 2017. The parish church, St Peter, has a lantern tower, unusual for Northamptonshire churches, which was built to guide travellers across the Nene valley in foggy weather. It also has doors at the four cardinal points and has eight misericords in the chancel. HistoryIrthlingborough was called Yrtlingaburg in the 8th century, Erdiburn in the Domesday Book, and Artleborough later. King Offa of Mercia held court near Irthlingborough circa 790. John PyelIn 1375 John Pyel, the mayor of London in 1372 and believed to have been born at Irthlingborough circa 1310, obtained a royal licence to found the college of St. Peter, Irthlingborough, by upgrading the parish church of St Peter. The college was to have six secular canons, one a dean, and four clerks, but he died before his intention was actually carried out. The design was eventually accomplished by his widow, Joan, in 1388. MiningIn the past, ironstone was mined near Irthlingborough, and as part of the local ironstone mine, a tunnel was bored between Irthlingborough and nearby Finedon. The tunnel still exists, but the Irthlingborough end has been landscaped over, and the Finedon end sealed with concrete. Irthlingborough railway station closed in 1964 to passengers.
Irthlingborough Description
Irthlingborough is a town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England. It had a population of 8, 535 at the 2011 census and was the smallest town in England to have had a Football League team, Rushden & Diamonds F. C. , prior to the promotion of Forest Green Rovers to the EFL in May 2017. The parish church, St Peter, has a lantern tower, unusual for Northamptonshire churches, which was built to guide travellers across the Nene valley in foggy weather. It also has doors at the four cardinal points and has eight misericords in the chancel. HistoryIrthlingborough was called Yrtlingaburg in the 8th century, Erdiburn in the Domesday Book, and Artleborough later. King Offa of Mercia held court near Irthlingborough circa 790. John PyelIn 1375 John Pyel, the mayor of London in 1372 and believed to have been born at Irthlingborough circa 1310, obtained a royal licence to found the college of St. Peter, Irthlingborough, by upgrading the parish church of St Peter. The college was to have six secular canons, one a dean, and four clerks, but he died before his intention was actually carried out. The design was eventually accomplished by his widow, Joan, in 1388. MiningIn the past, ironstone was mined near Irthlingborough, and as part of the local ironstone mine, a tunnel was bored between Irthlingborough and nearby Finedon. The tunnel still exists, but the Irthlingborough end has been landscaped over, and the Finedon end sealed with concrete. Irthlingborough railway station closed in 1964 to passengers.