Irchester
Sign in to saveIrchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles (3 km) south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767. Little Irchester and Knuston also lie in the parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- Little Irchester
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,419
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Irchester
- UK place.static_image_name
- Chester Road - geograph.org.uk - 58995.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Chester Road in Irchester, looking north
- UK place.population
- 4,745
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wellingborough
- UK place.post_town
- WELLINGBOROUGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN8 NN29
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Northamptonshire
- Population
- +4745
- Shares border with
- Wellingborough
- Official website
- www.irchester.org
- Image
- Irchester Village Library - geograph.org.uk - 266904.jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- History
- Possible medieval identification
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Transport
- Education
- Amenities
- Sport and leisure
- Country park
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Irchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles (3 km) south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767. Little Irchester and Knuston also lie in the parish.
==Toponym== Irchester was spelt Yranceaster in 973 and Irencestre in the 1086 Domesday Book. A. D. Mills wrote that name was formed from the Old English personal name Ira or *Yra with the suffix ceaster denoting a Roman station, but another theory is that Iren Ceastre was an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "iron fortress". In the 11th century, it was spelt Erncestre or Archester and had evolved to Erchester by the 12th century.