Inskip, Lancashire

Inskip
Inskip
	; St.Peter's Church, Inskip
	Inskip Shown within Wyre Borough Inskip Shown on the Fylde Inskip Location within Lancashire
Population	840 (parish) (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SD463378
Civil parish	Inskip-with-Sowerby;
District	Wyre;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Wyre and Preston North;

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 Royal Air Force Air Cadets training centres.

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

Etymology

The first part of the name Inskip may be the Brittonic ïnïs meaning "island" (Welsh ynys),[2] in place names generally referring to dry land in a marshy flood-prone area.[2] Suffixed may be the Brittonic *cib meaning any rounded receptacle,[2] presumably with some topographic sense,[2] Old English -cy:pe or Anglo-Latin cuppa,[2] with the sense "fish-trap" recorded for both.[2]

History

Inskip was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Inscip.[3] Its area was estimated in that survey to be two carucates of land. From 1281, the village was owned by Richard Butler of Rawcliffe Hall.[4] He received it from William de Carleton as a dowry of his bride, Alice.

The airfield was formerly referred to as 'HMS Nightjar' while it was a communications centre during World War I and World War II.[5][6]

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.[4] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[7]

Transport

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 operated by the Stagecoach in Preston. This service is primarily frequented by students of Cardinal Newman College from Inskip and its surrounding areas as a means to and from college.

Notable residents

Dr Albert George Long FRSE (1915-1999), palaeobotanist, was born and raised in Inskip.[8]

References

Footnotes

"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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.
Porter (1876), p. 32
Porter (1876), p. 474
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Inskip_airfield.html
https://aeroengland.photodeck.com/media/b2427a91-fe2a-45ef-9498-bb71b34b0633-rnas-inskip-aka-hms-nightjar-aerial-photograph
Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Inskip (1073074)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 December 2015
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

Sources

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

External links

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 June 2015.

[bliton-2] 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.

[Porter32-3] Porter (1876), p. 32

[Porter474-4] Porter (1876), p. 474

[5] ttp://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Inskip_airfield.html

[6] ttps://aeroengland.photodeck.com/media/b2427a91-fe2a-45ef-9498-bb71b34b0633-rnas-inskip-aka-hms-nightjar-aerial-photograph

[7] Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Inskip (1073074)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 December 2015

[8] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.