Irchester
| Irchester | |||
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SP8967 | ||
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| Residents | 4807 (status: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | WELLINGBOROUGH | ||
| ZIP code section | NN29 | ||
| prefix | 01933 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Northamptonshire | ||
| District | Wellingborough | ||
| British Parliament | Wellingborough | ||
| Website: irchester.org | |||
Irchester is a civil parish and village in Northamptonshire in England and is located around 18 km east of Northampton in the East Midlands . The population is 4807 (as of 2001). Irchester, which is about 4 kilometers southeast of Wellingborough , has been part of the Borough of Wellingborough since 1974 . It lies on the south bank of the Nene .
history
Irchester is probably not a Roman, but an Anglo-Saxon name, which used the suffix "Chester" as an iron fortress ( iren ceastre ). 973 the place is mentioned as Yraenceaster. In the Domesday Book the place is mentioned in 1086 as Irencestre . Later as Erncestre or Arnchester . During the 12th century the name became Erchester . Nevertheless, the many archaeological finds from all eras in the small hamlet of Chester Farm (also: Chester House and Farm ) show that it must be an earlier Roman settlement. Remains of a Romanoceltic temple are still preserved. The road through the Roman settlement presumably led from the former settlements in Duston in the Northampton district to Thrapston .
Worth seeing
- Irchester Country Park
- Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
Personalities
- Phil Neal (* 1951), soccer player and coach
- Jacob Tomlin (1793–1880), missionary (died in Irchester)
