Our History

1000th House Sold! In September of this year, we were very excited to announce that we had reached a fantastic milestone - our 1000th house sale on the Park. 

- 2007 – Original outline planning permission was granted for Priors Hall Park, with plans to build just over 5000 houses on the 900 acres of land.
- 2008 – The Corby Business Academy is completed and opens in the September.
- 2010 – The first houses are occupied on Priors Hall Park in the Town Gardens.
  The Corby Enterprise Centre also opens.
- 2016 – Our primary school, Priors Hall Park - A Learning Community, opens with it’s first intake of children.
- 2017 – After a year in administration, Urban&Civic purchase the land at Priors Hall Park and a new age of Priors Hall Park begins.

- In 1931 Corby was still a small village with a population of 1500, by 1939 this had grown to over 12,000.
- During the Second World War, Corby contributed greatly towards to the war effort. Manufacturing steel tubes, the local steel works enabled the undersea pipeline to supply fuel to Allied forces in Europe.
- 1981 – Planning was granted for the land at Priors Hall Park to become “Wonder World” – with hopes that the theme park would rival Disney World.

The local ironstone industry begins with the introduction of the railway, with the original quarries occupying the land where Priors Hall Park now stands.

A visit by Elizabeth I to Rockingham forest resulted in the queen granting Corby its Charter, and allowing the local people to travel freely along the main roads without having to pay the tolls. Rumour has it that whilst riding through the forest, the Queen fell from her horse – only to be saved by Corby’s local village people, she granted the Charter as a thank you. Priors Hall Park’s neighbour, Kirby Hall, begins its construction.

Deene Park begins its construction. Over the years, the future owners changed and modified the original hall multiple times to create its current size and layout.

King Henry III grants Corby the right to hold two annual fairs and a market.

The settlement is now known as “Corbei” – this was recorded in the Doomsday book.

Danish invaders arrived to the area and the local settlement was named “Kori’s by” – Kori’s settlement.

We are very proud to boast that Priors Hall Park contains the remains of two ancient Roman Villas. Most significantly, the villa situated at the South End of site – Weldon Lakes – was excavated initially in 1738, and then re-excavated in the 1950’s. The details discovered showed that the Villa was occupied in the late 1st, early 2nd century. Mosaic pavements and coins were found during the dig. This villa was believed to have been abandoned in the mid-4th century. It is also understood that the Romans were the first miners of the local iron ore

A selection of artefacts dating to the Bronze Age have been found locally to Priors Hall Park – notably A Collared Urn which was discovered in Weldon during the 1930’s.