Wakerley
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The village's name origin is dubious. 'Osier wood/clearing' or perhaps, 'watcher wood/clearing'.[3]
St John the Baptist's church, Grade I listed, has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since the early 1970s.[4]
Recent evidence points to Wakerley's industrial history as an iron-smelting centre. Brick-built calcining kilns were used for reducing iron ore before transport to the Corby Steelworks.[5]
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External links
- Iron-smelting archaeology
- Wild Woods at Wakerley Great Wood (Forestry Commission site)
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