Corby Glen
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.812619|-0.51816988|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Corby Glen
| static_image_name = Corbyglen.jpg
| static_image_caption = Corby Glen
| population = 1,017
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
| civil_parish = Corby Glen
| shire_district = South Kesteven
| shire_county = Lincolnshire
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = Grantham and Stamford
| post_town = GRANTHAM
| postcode_district = NG33
| postcode_area = NG
| dial_code = 01476
| os_grid_reference = SK999249
| london_distance_mi = 90
| london_direction = S
}}
File:UK CorbyGlen.jpg in Corby Glen]]
Corby Glen, formerly just Corby, is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.{{cite web|title=Civil parish listing|url=http://moderngov.southkesteven.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=421|publisher=South Kesteven District Council|accessdate=4 August 2013}} It is approximately {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} south-east of Grantham and {{convert|8|mi|km}} north west of Bourne. In 2011 it had a population of 1,017.
History
St John the Evangelist's Church, the Church of England parish church, dates in part from the 12th century[http://www.corbyglen.com/stjohns.html "St John the Evangelist’s Church, Corby Glen"]. Retrieved 4 August 2013 and has a notable collection of 14th- and 15th-century murals.
Following the purchase of Irnham Hall by a Protestant family in the mid-19th century the Catholic Chapel of the hall was taken down and re-erected in Corby Glen as the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to the designs of architects Weightman, Hadfield & Goldie. A thousand wagonloads of material were carried between the two sites. The new church opened in 1856.{{cite web | url=http://www.grasshopper-hosting.co.uk/Diocese/02_Admin/AHP/Final%20report%20%28PDF%29/Grantham%20Deanery/Corby%20Glen,%20Our%20Lady%20of%20Mount%20Carmel%28NXPowerLite%29.pdf | title=Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Chapel of Ease) | accessdate=4 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190609/http://www.grasshopper-hosting.co.uk/Diocese/02_Admin/AHP/Final%20report%20%28PDF%29/Grantham%20Deanery/Corby%20Glen,%20Our%20Lady%20of%20Mount%20Carmel%28NXPowerLite%29.pdf | archive-date=29 October 2013 | url-status=dead }} The church closed in 2012. The church and the attached presbytery are Grade II Listed buildings.{{NHLE|num=1062853|desc= Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel|grade=II|accessdate=4 August 2013}}{{NHLE|num=1166023|desc=Presbytery House at Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel|grade=II|accessdate=4 August 2013|fewer-links=yes}}
The village's first Methodist chapel was built in 1846, and replaced in 1902 by the present building which is still in use. The original chapel is now a private house.{{cite book | title=A Lincolnshire Village | publisher=Longman, for the Willoughby Memorial Trust | last=Steel |first=David I. A. | year=1979 | page=191 | isbn=0-582-50285-3}}
To the north of the parish church is a substantial castle mound or motte.{{cite web | url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102878 | title=The Motte | publisher=Geograph project | accessdate=4 August 2013}}{{NHLE|num=1005001|desc=Corby moated mound|grade=Scheduled|accessdate=4 August 2013|fewer-links=yes}} Historian David Roffe refers to it as "an early defended manor house".{{cite web | url=http://www.roffe.co.uk/earthworks/moats/corby.htm | title=Castle Mound | accessdate=4 August 2013 | last=Roffe |first=David}}
In 1238 King Henry III chartered a weekly market and an annual sheep fair. The sheep fair is still held and is claimed to be the longest-established such event in Britain.[http://www.corbyglen.com/sheepfair/ "Sheep Fair"]. Retrieved 4 August 2013
The [http://www.willoughbygallery.com/ Willoughby Memorial Library and Art Gallery] is housed in a 17th-century building that was originally Reads Grammar School. The school was founded in 1669 by the bequest of Charles Read (1604–1669), who was born at Darlton in Nottinghamshire and became a wealthy shipper in Hull. Read also founded Read School at Drax in Yorkshire and a grammar school at Tuxford in Notts. Reads Grammar School in Corby closed in 1909.[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/corbyglen.htm "Corby Glen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620055915/http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/corbyglen.htm |date=20 June 2013 }}, Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 4 August 2013 The building was restored and reopened for its current uses in 1965 by the Willoughby Memorial Trust which was founded by Lord Ancaster in memory of his son Timothy, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, who died in 1963.{{NHLE|desc=Willoughby Memorial Library and Art Gallery (formerly listed as Old School)|num=1062848|grade=I|accessdate=4 August 2013|fewer-links=yes}} The gallery holds a series of exhibitions from Easter to November and an annual Open Art Competition.{{cite web | url=http://www.thebythams.org.uk/people-places-history/places/willoughby-memorial-trust/ | title=The Willoughby Memorial trust | work=The Bythams web site | year=2011 | accessdate=4 August 2013}}
In 1852 the Great Northern Railway opened the East Coast Main Line near Corby Glen. In 1853 the GNR opened Corby Glen railway station on the main line about 1 mile (1½ km) from the village. Corby Glen was served by local trains between Peterborough and Grantham. On 3 July 1938 the London and North Eastern Railway locomotive Mallard passed at high speed through Corby Glen shortly before achieving its world speed record for a steam locomotive seven miles further south near Carlby.{{cite book | title=Mallard: How the Blue Streak Broke the World Steam Speed Record | publisher=Aurum Press Ltd | last=Hale |first=Don | date=25 May 2008 | isbn=978-1845133450 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/mallardhowbluest0000hale }} British Railways closed Corby Glen station in 1959 and its yard is now occupied by a sawmill.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=499038|mname=Corby Glen station|accessdate=4 August 2013}}
Geography
The village of Corby Glen is in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It lies mainly to the north of the A151, a former toll road, and to the east of the West Glen River, near where the Glen flows through a small graben in the Jurassic limestone.
Until the 1950s the name of the village was simply Corby. However, in the nearby county of Northamptonshire another Corby had been greatly enlarged by the addition of a steel works and housing to match. Some confusion arose between the two Corbys, so British Railways consulted the villagers to choose an additional name to distinguish the two. The villagers chose "Glen" in reference to the western branch of the River Glen which flows through the village. In 1956 the civil parish was renamed from "Corby" to "Corby Glen".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/REG/districts/bourne%20and%20south%20kesteven.html|title=Bourne and South Kesteven Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=20 September 2024}}
Community
The ecclesiastical parish of Corby Glen is part of the Corby Glen Group of the Deanery of Beltisloe.{{cite web|title=Corby Glen P C C|url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14022030|publisher=Diocese of Lincoln|accessdate=4 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130717084359/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?14022030|archivedate=17 July 2013}}
The Methodist congregation is still active in its own chapel, which is part of the Grantham and Vale of Belvoir circuit.{{cite web | url=http://www.gvbcircuit.org.uk/corby_glen.html | title=Corby Glen Methodist Church | accessdate=4 August 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114072328/http://www.gvbcircuit.org.uk/corby_glen.html | archivedate=14 November 2012 }}
The village has two active public houses, the Fighting Cocks (in the market place) and the Woodhouse Arms (at the crossroads).{{cite web | url=http://www.thewoodhousearms.co.uk/ | title=Home page |publisher=Woodhouse Arms | accessdate=4 August 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.fightingcockscorbyglen.co.uk/ | title=Welcome to The Fighting Cocks at Corby Glen | accessdate=4 August 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515050843/http://fightingcockscorbyglen.co.uk/ | archivedate=15 May 2013 }} There is a small Co-op supermarket and an independent shop in a wooden hut next to the Fighting Cocks pub car park, and The Pantry, also in the market square.{{cite web | url=http://www.storelocate.co.uk/co-op-food/corby-glen.html | title=Co-op store | accessdate=4 August 2013}}{{cite web | url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/102865 | publisher=Geograph project | title=Pauline's Store | accessdate=4 August 2013}} Other businesses include a Garage, the Sawmill, and the Hey Wine company.{{cite web | url=http://www.corbyglen.com/services.html | title=Business and services in Corby Glen | accessdate=4 August 2013}} The Pantry, formerly a doctor's surgery in the market place, is a tea room and delicatessen[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3713780 The Pantry, in the market square] and the post office branch is now maintained there.{{cite web|title=The Pantry|url=http://www.thepantrycorbyglen.co.uk/|accessdate=27 September 2016}}
Community meeting rooms are available at the Church Rooms in Church Street, the Methodist Church, and the Ron Dawson Memorial Hall. The Ron Dawson Hall is part of the sports complex in Swinstead Road.{{cite web | url=http://www.lincscommunitybuildings.org.uk/venues/corby-glen-ron-dawson-memorial-hall-playing-field/ | title=Ron Dawson Hall | accessdate=4 August 2013}} There is an active bowls club with a crown green behind the Willoughby arts gallery.{{cite web | url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1955335 | title=Bowling green | publisher=Geograph project|accessdate=4 August 2013}}
There is a small lending library at the art gallery, and a monthly visit by the mobile library.{{cite web | url=http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/MobileDetails.aspx?village=corby%20glen&catid=7005 | title=Mobile library | publisher=Lincolnshire County Council | accessdate=4 August 2013}}
The Sheep Fair is still the biggest social event of the year.{{cite news|last=Honeywood|first=Steve|title=Sun and fun at Corby Glen Sheep Fair|url=http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowd-for-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5562644|accessdate=25 October 2013|newspaper=Bourne Local|date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184957/http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowd-for-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5562644|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}
[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/webimage/1.3129082.1317987920!/image/1665219882.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/1665219882.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/news/local/sun-and-fun-at-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-3129083&h=423&w=595&sz=168&tbnid=ujxbC6jQtbD9VM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=134&zoom=1&usg=__GCeyjlqSoHQwjMRaHy5dCNy7Cps=&docid=JKO4EBmPmRQdKM&sa=X&ei=HjtqUozME6n50gXjqYDACQ&ved=0CG4Q9QEwCA Sheep Fair picture from the Bourne Local] The 2013 event was the 775th, and attracted a very large crowd. The traditional auction of sheep was held on the Monday.{{cite news|title=Record crowds at the 2013 Corby Glen Sheep Fair|url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowds-at-the-2013-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5563417|accessdate=25 October 2013|newspaper=Grantham Journal|date=8 October 2013|quote=Chairman Steve Honeywood said: "It was a memorable weekend, with thousands of visitors to the event, a great street market, a day full of entertainers, a samba band leading the village parade, combined with a Dakota flypast, a well supported dog show, a traditional fun fair and a successful clay shoot raising funds for the air ambulance – and everyone enjoying themselves".|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191744/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowds-at-the-2013-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5563417|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}[https://www.facebook.com/sheepfair Sheep Fair social networking]{{cite news|title=Record crowd for Corby Glen Sheep Fair|url=http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowd-for-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5562644|accessdate=25 October 2013|newspaper=Stamford Mercury|date=8 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184957/http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/community/community-news/record-crowd-for-corby-glen-sheep-fair-1-5562644|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}
The village is served by bus routes 303 to Bourne,{{cite web | url=http://www.delainebuses.com/Timetables/TT303%200909.pdf | title=Bus route 303 | publisher=Delaine bus company | accessdate=4 August 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718012448/http://www.delainebuses.com/Timetables/TT303%200909.pdf | archivedate=18 July 2013 }} and Route 4 to Stamford or Grantham.{{cite web|url=http://www.centrebus.info/Documents/4%20-%20Grantham%20-%20Stamford.pdf |title=Bus route 4 |publisher=Centrebus |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Education
A new secondary school opened in Corby Glen in 1963. The school became a comprehensive, and it was renamed the Charles Read High School in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.charles-read.lincs.sch.uk/about/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303025820/http://www.charles-read.lincs.sch.uk/about/history.html |title=History of the School |publisher=Charles Read High School |archive-date=3 March 2010 |access-date=4 August 2013}} It converted to an academy in January 2011; in 2013, the David Ross Foundation took responsibility for maintaining the school.{{cite web |url=http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/education/charles-read-academy-saved-from-closure-by-trust-1-5181862 |title=Charles Read Academy saved from closure by trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003634/http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/education/charles-read-academy-saved-from-closure-by-trust-1-5181862 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |newspaper=Stamford Mercury |date=11 June 2013}}
Corby Glen also has a community primary school.{{cite web |url=http://www.corbyglen.lincs.sch.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Corby Glen Community Primary School |access-date=10 May 2023}}
Notable residents
- Beverley Allitt, nurse and serial child killer, grew up in the village.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/drawn-curtains-in-a-silent-village-the-beverly-allitt-case-on-friday-this-baby-killer-will-be-2324732.html |title=Drawn curtains in a silent village: The Beverly Allitt case: on Friday this baby killer will be sentenced for 26 attacks including four murders. What do they make of it all back home? |first=Cal |last=McCrystal |newspaper=The Independent |date=22 May 1993 |accessdate=27 July 2017}}
- John Hedley Lewis (1908 – 1976), chairman of Kesteven County Council and Lincolnshire County Council."Mr J. H. Lewis", The Times (London), 30 December 1976, p. 12
Gallery
File:Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Corby Glen - geograph.org.uk - 102824.jpg|The former Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built in 1856
File:Charles Read Grammar School - geograph.org.uk - 90732.jpg|The Willoughby Memorial Library and Art Gallery in the Charles Read Grammar School
File:The Charles Read Academy (geograph 3713734).jpg|The Charles Read Academy, built in 1963
File:The old Chapel (geograph 3713795).jpg|The Old Chapel, built in 1846
File:Methodist Church, Corby Glen - geograph.org.uk - 102856.jpg|The Methodist church, built in 1902
File:Motte, Corby Glen - geograph.org.uk - 102878.jpg|The Motte
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Corby Glen}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060101024042/http://www.corbyglen.com/fact.html About the village]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/SearchResults.aspx?rational=a&type=&class1=None&period=None&county=1307988&district=577593&parish=97002&place=&recordsperpage=60&source=text&sort=2&rtype=&rnumber=&typeselect=c |title=All 24 records for the parish|work=Pastscape |publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 August 2013}}
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