Wakerley
Wakerley is a linear village and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The village's name origin is dubious. 'Osier wood/clearing' or perhaps, 'watcher wood/clearing'. St John the Baptist's church, Grade I listed, has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since the early 1970s. 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.