Polebrook

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Polebrook
Polebrook shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	TL068871
District	East Northamptonshire
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PETERBOROUGH
Postcode district	PE8
Dialling code	01832
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Corby
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Coordinates: 52°28′16″N 0°25′37″W / 52.471, -0.427

Polebrook is a village in East Northamptonshire, England

1 History
2 Polebrook Today
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

There is evidence that Polebrook as a settlement dates back to 4000 BC,^[1]. The farms were mainly centred around the modern day village of Ashton. Polebrook is called Pochebroc in the Domesday Book,^[2] and was the centre of a large administrative area (the Polebrook Hundreds).

There was a wooden church here which supposedly pre-dated the Church of All Saints. The 351st Bomber Group was stationed at the airfield near Polebrook during World War II, and the flag of the United States hangs as a memorial to the men, along with a roll of honour in the church. The airfield is now disused, but remains a rich part of Polebrook culture; the church has been replaced by the Polebrook Church. For sometime during the war Clark Gable was stationed at Polebrook and at RAF Marsden Moor near Wetherby.

[edit] Polebrook Today

The rector of Polebrook (along with Lutton, Luddington in the Brook, Thurning, Hemington, Barnwell) is Revd. Catherine Ievins, whose husband, Peter, is also ordained and acts as an assistant priest. They have one daughter, Alice, who at eleven years old had a letter published in The Independent^[3] and two sons, John and David.