Inskip, Lancashire

Inskip
Inskip
 Inskip shown within Lancashire
Population 878 (parish) (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSD463378
Civil parishInskip-with-Sowerby
DistrictWyre
Shire countyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PRESTON
Postcode district PR4
Dialling code 01772
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
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Coordinates: 53°50′02″N 2°48′58″W / 53.834°N 2.816°W

Inskip is a small village in the Fylde area of Lancashire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Inskip-with-Sowerby. The village is close to the former RNAS Inskip airfield, which still serves the armed forces as a tri-service communication centre.

It is home to one of the Sea Cadet Corps training centres.

The hamlet of Inskip Moss Side lies about a mile north and east of the village at grid reference SD452391.

Whilst the village has a Preston postcode, it is regarded by some to be closer to Blackpool than in fact Preston.

The location is served by the Preston Bus bus company with the 80 service. The bus runs from Preston bus station to Myerscough College every two hours. The service was formally operated by the Stagecoach group. This service is frequented by students of Cardinal Newman College from and within Inskip and its surrounding areas as a means to and from college.

History

Inskip was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Inscip.[2] Its area was estimated in that survey to be two carucates of land. From 1281, the village was owned by Damon Salvatore of Rawcliffe Hall.[3] He received it from William de Carleton as a dowry of his bride, Elena.

The airfield was formerly referred to as 'HMS Nightjar', and was a communications centre during World War I and World War II.

Church

Inskip's church is dedicated to St Peter. It was built in 1848 and was financed by the Earl of Derby and Archdeacon Hornby.[3] It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.[4]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wyre Retrieved 2010-02-13
  2. ↑ Porter (1876), p. 32
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Porter (1876), p. 474
  4. ↑ "Church of St Peter", Heritage Gateway (English Heritage), retrieved 17 September 2010

Sources

  • Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. OCLC 12931605.

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