Monument record 4032 - Great Oakley

In 1086 there was a single manor in Great Oakley. The village lay either side of a stream, with a double row of tenements lining the street to the south.

{1} Great and Little Oakley were held together as Aclea in Domesday from Countess Judith. Woodland measuring one x half a furlong was recorded in Domesday. The manors were held by a long series of minor lords. Sir Thomas Brooke, Lord of Great Oakley, claimed various exemptions for his woods within the forest of Rockingham by a grant of 1234. Pipewell Abbey and St. Andrew's Priory, Northampton also held land in Great Oakley.

{3} Several bombs fell in the district on 25th June 1942 "most fell on open field, including two large oil bombs to the south of Great Oakley."

<1> MARSDEN P; COURTNEY P, 1997, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for the Corby South Trunk Main, Northamptonshire, p.5 (checked) (Report). SNN72896.

<2> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.324-330 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<3> WILSON J., 1996, Twentieth Century Northamptonshire, Change and Continuity in Northamptonshire Communities, p.97 (unchecked) (Book). SNN43517.

<4> Page, M and Bristow, M, 2013, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Northampton: Corby and Great Oakley, p. 72-114 (Book). SNN115418.

<5> Foard, G.; Hall, D. & Partida, T., 2009, Rockingham Forest: An atlas of the medieval and early-modern landscape, p. 249-251 (Book). SNN106598.

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Jul 21 2026 2:56PM