Corby is a town and borough in the county of northamptonshire, england. Corbys closest towns are kettering, market harborough, desborough, rothwell and uppingham. Caption for corby, the stewarts and lloyd steel works c1955. When british steel management announced in february of 1979 that steel making would cease to exist in corby, the town and its people lost an industry that had supported it for almost 100 years. At the 2011 census the town had a population of 54,927 and the borough had a population of 61,255. The borough had a population of 61,300 at the 2011 census. Railway line entering exiting a tunnel between corby and oakham rutland uk. Corby people recall steel works closure 30 years ago the corby steel works in may 1980. Although corby is perhaps best known for the social problems or new town blues that blighted it after the steelworks the towns principal employer closed in 1980, this volume documents the lesser known medieval and early modern history of corby and great oakley.
The town was at one time known locally as little scotland due to the large number of scottish. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. This view shows the stewart and lloyds steel works with its numerous. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.
The anticipated work for this class was trip working movements between local yards and shortdistance freight trains. The old steel works my dad used to work in corby northants, and on my way to work i would count the trucks 4 of. Children born with defects win 11year battle over cleanup of steelworks in toxic town in corby most watched news videos onlookers hurl abuse as. It tells the story of the coming of steel to corby in the 1930s,the rise and fall of the steel industry and how it. Council found liable for childrens exposure to toxic waste this article is more than 10 years old claimants blame cleanup of corby steelworks. The corby steelworks made a notable contribution to the war effort by manufacturing the steel tubes used in operation pluto pipe line under the ocean to supply fuel to allied forces on the european continent. History of corby corby has grown and is still growing to this day, but once upon a time it was just a village, dating back several years from the arrival of viking tribal leader kori to the romans and on to corbys first written proof of existence in william the conquerors famous domesday book. After the steelworks closed, people were not only leaving town, but many were also staying in or even moving to corby, and those staying mobilized for the towns future and supported each other through difficult times. Twentysix of these 060 locomotives were ordered in january 1963, to be built at british railways swindon works. These children all have similar birth defects, and all come from corby. The fact is that there is not much left of corby when you take away the steel works. Corby past and present book by veronica ortenberg view here for more information. Our corby photographic history of corby and surroundings. Always known as an ironworking region with specific mention in the 1086 domesday book and had its.
The photo corby, the stewarts and lloyds steel works c1955 appears in this book. Corby has been dubbed little scotland ever since scores of scots migrated south to work in the steelworks in the 1930s. Corby, town and borough district, administrative and historic county of northamptonshire, england. The steel works are like lawrences mines, and burnside not only. The record office will close at 5pm on thursday 19 december 2019, and reopen at 9am on thursday 2 january 2020. Most of east anglia in the 6th 7th centuries was part of denmark and corby was named in the doomsday book in 1086ad as corbei. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of corby. Three decades after the closure of the corby steel works, the town is said to be prospering. Corby steelworks northants in the mid 1970 s the site is now a retail park pic by john robertson the digger on the earltrees ironstone branch, corby, with corby iron and steel works in the background. The entry of corby in the domesday book shows an agricultural economy with. Image pa image caption the iron and steelworks in corby. The good allaround visibility from the cab and dual controls also.
The steelworks were in their industrial prime and the town reaped the benefits. The boundaries of the historic county or shire have remained virtually unchanged since domesday book 1086, the. Essence of corby celebrated in new book northamptonshire. Corby steelworks produced tube for beach defensive systems known as admiralty scaffolding, along with over 2. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This documentary drama was written to commemorate the 25 anniversary of the 1980 closure of corby steelworks it was filmed at the arc theatre corby 2007. On sunday, the towns annual highland gathering will. The subject of conversation living in corby and following celtic. Corby heritage centre is located at 7577 high street, old village, corby nn17 1uu. Long a centre of iron and steel making, using the ironrich local limestone, corby already had a vast 1930s steelworks and a population of about 15,000 swamping the original small village when it was designated a new town in 1950 under the new towns act of 1946. It was in the 1930s that construction of what was to become one of the largest steelworks in britain commenced.
Charlie and roddy meet in the back bar of the hazel tree pub. The borough of corby borders onto the borough of kettering, the district of east northamptonshire, the district of harborough and the unitary authority county of rutland. The best website for free highquality steelworks book fonts, with 28 free steelworks book fonts for immediate download, and 3 professional steelworks book fonts for the best price on the web. The new construction was carried out to a very tight timetable, from the clearing of the site in 1933 the first of the corby blast furnaces was lit in may the following year. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques. Figures released in march 2010 revealed that corby has the fastest growing population in both northamptonshire and the whole of england. From scotland to corby fermynwoods contemporary art. Corby steelworks northants in the mid 1970 s the site is now a retail park pic by john robertson tata steel works sign corby,northamptonshire. By 1950 the population had grown to 18,000 and corby was designated a new town. By 1951, he prepared the development plan with a carfriendly layout and many areas of open space and woodland. To visit corby heritage centre covers the history of corby, including the iron and steel industry. Learn about the iron and steel industry that shaped corby and dominated all aspects of life until the steelworks closed in 1980.
Bbc corby people recall steel works closure 30 years ago. Early settlement in corby dates back to the 8th century when a group of danish. After its expansion at the turn of the 20th century, the industry shaped the town and dominated all aspects of life until the steelworks closed in 1980. From the start is has been a oneindustry, oneemployer. Id spent my first year at kettering high school so was in the second year at cgs and i loved every minute from the day i first walked in. Corby is a town and borough in the county of northamptonshire, england it is located northeast of the county town, northampton. John kempe the head master started off the school with no rules. Corby is perhaps best known for its iron and steel industry. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. The modern view is from september 2014, featuring the 6m96 delivery of steel coil to the present day tata pipe works.
I was one of the first pupils through the door at corby grammar school in 1955. Corby council found liable for childrens exposure to. The old steel works my dad used to work in corby northants, and on my way to work i would count the trucks 4 of them, every morning like clock work. Extensive building continued and another wave of migration injected new blood into the prosperous town. Dougie, who was an engineer in the works, tells the story of the history of corby steelworks, his time in the job and how the technical side of the. Or was the councils cleanup operation at the local steelworks to blame. Women of steel a living history of corby written and. Corby was a small village with a population of around 1,500.
The modern, glass and steel, local government building called cube at the town centre of corby. In july 2009 corby borough council was found liable for negligently exposing pregnant women to toxic waste during the reclamation of the former british steel corporation steelworks, causing birth defects to their children. Also 4 dvds which provide an insight into work and life in corby steelworks during its heyday view. The settlement was recorded in the domesday book of 1086 as corbei. Corby steelworks secrets in operation pluto the daily grind. A brief history of corby, northamptonshire seatons law. It wished to regenerate the land following the closure of the steel works. Northamptonshire archives and heritage service december 2, 2019 our christmas and new year arrangements this year are as follows. It was worked in roman times, but abandoned in the elizabethan era. Corby is a town and borough in the county of northamptonshire, england it is located 23 miles 37 km northeast of the county town, northampton. During the second world war the corby steelworks were expected to be a target for.
New industries were drawn to the town, but the steelworks by then a part of the. The steelworks were also dangerous and polluting, and there were also other important industries. It is a case that has made legal history in the uk with a proven link between 19 children born with deformities and the cleanup of toxic waste on the site of a former steelworks in the northamptonshire town of corby. The corby steel industry enjoy northamptonshires heritage. The company was created in 1903 by the amalgamation of two of the largest iron and steel makers in britain, a. Situated on a bed of ironstone, the village of corbei is noted in the domesday book as an ironworks site from sometime before 1066, but archaeological evidence in the area suggests that iron ore extraction dates from the roman period. The british rail class 14 is a type of small dieselhydraulic locomotive built in the mid1960s.
Buy corby iron and steel works by steve purcell isbn. Corby is an industrial town in northamptonshire with a population of 49,222 in 2001, but figures released in march 2010 revealed that corby has the fastest growing population in england and wales corby is in a triangle formed by leicester, peterborough and northampton. The company decided to move to corby, northamptonshire in november 1932, enabling them to make use of the local iron ore to feed their blast furnaces and bessemer steel converters. It is a refurbished 1960s cooperative store and its name refers to the history of the area. During the second world war the corby steelworks were expected to be a. Early settlement in corby dates back to the 8th century when a group of danish invaders, with their leader, kori, settled there. In 1950, with a population of 18,000, corby was designated a. The iron and steel industry dominated corby from the 1930s. Curator dylan cave tells the industrial story of corby in moving images.
In 1950, with a population of 18,000, corby was designated a new town with william holford as its architect. Conducted as part of the from scotland to corby residency programme with fermynwoods contemporary art during the summer of 2017. Corbys steel and iron industry expanded in the 1930s, with the construction of stewarts and lloyds steel works. The towns population grew to 10,000 with the works europes largest employing. Is the councils steelworks cleanup job to blame for the. So, steel is still processed here, but the works is now a fraction of its original size and the corby candle has been extinguished.
Photo of corby, the stewarts and lloyds steel works c. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. Bbc news corby birth defects case made legal history. In the 1980s, corby borough council acquired a large tract of contaminated land from the british steel corporation.