Inskip-with-Sowerby is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Borough of Wyre Wyre is a local government district with borough status on the coast of Lancashire, England. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde and the borough also contains the towns of Cleveleys, Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton, along w ...

, in

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, England. A part of

the Fylde The Fylde () is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills to ...

, the parish includes the village of Inskip and the

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

s Crossmoor to the west and Sowerby to the east. Also Inskip Moss Side lies about a mile north-west of the village at . In 2011 it had a population of 840. The parish adjoins the Wyre parishes of

Great Eccleston Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately upstream from Fleetwood. At the 2001 census ...

, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre and

Myerscough and Bilsborrow Myerscough and Bilsborrow () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. It was formed on 1 April 2003 as a merger of the former parishes of Bilsborrow and Myerscough, Lancashire, Myerscough, and ...

, along with

Woodplumpton Woodplumpton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, located north of Preston. Geography It is part of the Fylde, a flat area of land between the Forest of Bowland and the Lancashire coast. Community The ...

in the City of Preston and also Treales, Roseacre and Wharles and Elswick in the

Borough of Fylde The Borough of Fylde is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lancashire, England. It covers part of the Fylde plain, after which it is named. The council's headquar ...

Toponymy

The first part of the name Inskip may be the Brittonic ''ïnïs'' meaning "island" (

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

), in place names generally referring to dry land in a marshy flood-prone area. Suffixed may be the Brittonic ''*cib'' meaning any rounded receptacle, presumably with some

topographic Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary scienc ...

sense,

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''cuppa'', with the sense "fish-trap" recorded for both. Sowerby means a settlement standing on marshy ground, from the

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

words and .

History

Inskip was listed in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086 as ''Inscip'' along with Sowerby ''Sorbi'', within the

Amounderness Hundred The Amounderness Hundred ( ) is one of the six subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England, but the name is older than the system of hundreds first recorded in the 13th century and might best be described as the nam ...

. Inskip's area was estimated in that survey to be two

carucate The carucate or carrucate ( or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms of tax assessment. ...

s of land, with Sowerby half the size. Both manors belonging to

Tostig Godwinson Tostig Godwinson ( 102925 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was killed ...

prior to the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

. Inskip's church is dedicated to

St Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repe ...

. It was built in 1848 and was financed by the

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and

William Hornby William Hornby may refer to: *William Hornby (governor) (1723–1803), Governor of Bombay, 1771–1784 *William Henry Hornby (1805–1884), British industrialist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn 1857–1869 *Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet ...

, then the vicar of St Michael's Church, St Michael's on Wyre and later inaugural

Archdeacon of Lancaster The Archdeacon of Lancaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Blackburn. Originally created in the Diocese of Manchester it became part of the new Diocese of Blackburn in 1926. As Archdeacon, they are responsible for the d ...

. A military radio communications facility has been developed on the former RNAS Inskip airfield in the Higham area to the south-east of the parish (extending into Treales, Roseacre and Wharles parish). It was known as 'HMS Nightjar' during

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and

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. An ancient area of

common land Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person ...

at Carr House Green in the south of the parish is today owned by the parish council. 10 local properties still have legal rights to graze cattle and geese on the open grassland, but it is now used as a recreation site.

Governance

Inskip-with-Sowerby was once a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in the ancient parish of St Michael's on Wyre. This became a

in 1866, forming part of the

Garstang Rural District Garstang Rural District was a rural district in the county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. Origins The district had its origins in the Garstang Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1837, covering Garstang itself and several sur ...

from 1894 till 1974. It has since become part of the

. Along with

, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre, Kirkland and

Out Rawcliffe Out Rawcliffe is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Wyre in the Over Wyre area of the Fylde in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 626. It is the location of the medieva ...

, Inskip-with-Sowerby forms part of the

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Wyre Borough Council Wyre may refer to: Places * Wyre, Orkney, an island in Scotland * Borough of Wyre, a local government district in Lancashire, England ** Wyre (UK Parliament constituency) * River Wyre, a river in Lancashire, England * Wyre Forest, a woodland in ...

Media gallery

Image:MOD antenna farm outside Inskip.jpg, MOD antenna farm Image:St. Peter's church , Inskip - geograph.org.uk - 1528392.jpg, St. Peter's church, Inskip Image:New Hall Farm. - geograph.org.uk - 99656.jpg, New Hall Farm, Sowerby Image:Carr House Green Common. - geograph.org.uk - 94540.jpg, Carr House Green Common

References

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Sources

External links

Parish council website
Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Wyre The Fylde {{Lancashire-geo-stub