Corby

The origins of what is now Corby are uncertain, but by 1066 Corby, having been a Viking settlement, had become a judicial and administrative centre of the area. But even by the 19th century Corby was still a small community of 700 people earning livings from agriculture and weaving. However in the 1870s construction of the Kettering to Manton railway attracted 3000 engineers, navvies and their families. As cuttings were dug, large deposits of ironstone were rediscovered and Corby never resumed its rural tranquillity. The new railway prompted a new brick industry from local clay as well as the development of the iron and steel making for which Corby became renowned for over a century. Of 11,500 jobs, 5,500 were lost when in 1980. British Steel closed its iron and steel making at the Corby works, but since that time the town has successfully striven to re-establish itself as the thriving community it is today.
The Church of St John the Baptist has an east elevation window built in the Decorated style with reticulated tracery.