It is thought to have been set aside as Royal hunting land when the Anglo-Saxon kings had a palace at Brill in the 10th century and was a particularly favoured place of Edward the Confessor, who was born in nearby Islip.

As archbishop during the first two outbreaks of the Death, Islip took great pains to regulate clerical stipends, as the greatly reduced number of clerics had led them to charge increased fees for their services.

William had been servant to John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, and a banner bearer at Islip's funeral 1532, and later bought lands in Kent.

This system had been reinstated by the harvest of 1357 and was probably stopped in Islip in 1386.

The rock band the Candyskins had its origins in Islip in the late 1970s and 1980s.

* The original interchange with the Robert Moses Causeway in West Islip had two parkway-style arch bridges over two lanes of NY 27.

* As with the interchanges to the west, Islip Avenue ( NY 111 ) and Carleton Avenue ( CR 17 ) in Islip Terrace originally had parkway-style bridges crossing over Sunrise Highway.

However, only Islip Ave had a partial clover leaf on the west side of the bridge.

His performance led Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury, to place him at the head of Canterbury Hall in 1365, where twelve young men were preparing for the priesthood.

Isabella finally took the habit of the Poor Clares before she died on 22 August 1358, and her body was returned to London for burial at the Franciscan church at Newgate, in a service overseen by Archbishop Simon Islip.

Robert Graves, who lived in nearby Islip, mentioned his being recommended by Buchan for a lecturing position at the newly founded Cairo University and, in a 1927 by-election, Buchan was elected as the Unionist Party Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities.

In the sixties when front engine Indy cars were popular Frank Curtis built at least one car that unfortunately did not qualify but ran time trials at the famous Indianapolis " Brickyard " He also built Midget racers for tracks like Freeport and Islip Speedways.

A team in Uniondale would make a rival for the Long Island Ducks, who play in Central Islip, New York.

Suffolk Station became the commercial center for the area, and the name " Central Islip " was thus born, and applied to a new station built in 1873 further to the east.

East Islip, as well as many hamlets along Long Island's south shore, was once an enclave for some of the nations wealthiest families.

The original Westbrook farm on the boundary between East Islip and Oakdale, near the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, has ceased operations and its fields are now the home of East Islip Soccer, near the fields set aside for the Little League of the Islips.

* Ralph Macchio: actor, resided in East Islip as well as Dix Hills, New York, best known for appearing in the movie, The Karate Kid

For high school all middle schoolers move up to West Islip High School ( located at 1 Lions Path, off of Higbie Lane ) for 9th grade through 12th grade graduation.

* Boomer Esiason-Retired NFL Quarterback who played for the Bengals, Jets, and Cardinals was born in West Islip.

In April 1942, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the entrance of the United States into World War II, the Town of Islip entered into contract with the federal government to build an airfield on Town-owned land for potential military purposes during the war.

The name " Islip " was chosen by local residents for their local post office when it opened in 1802.

Islip was originally a farming community, gradually transforming into a posh enclave for aristocratic families in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Islip Hamlet is known widely for its quaint shopping district along Main Street ( NY 27A ).

Islip is the mailing address for most residents of the hamlet, as well as for some residents of adjoining communities.

The Towns of Brookhaven and Islip, in which the communities are located, issued bonds to pay for the project, backed by the new taxes levied by community Erosion Control Taxing Districts.

Islip died on 26 April 1366 at Mayfield, Sussex, having for three years been unable to exercise his office due to a stroke which deprived him of the power of speech.

Congressman Steve Israel who helped to secure the federal grant spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Central Islip carport.

Chartered by entrepreneur Lowell Harrelson and Long Island mob boss Salvatore Avellino, it set sail on March 22 from Islip, New York, escorted by the tugboat Break of Dawn and carrying 3, 168 tons of trash headed for a pilot program in Morehead City, North Carolina, to be turned into methane.

North Hempstead is the only town on Long Island that does not have a corresponding hamlet or village in its borders with the same name ; Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County and the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, Shelter Island and East Hampton in Suffolk County all have smaller subdivisions with the same name.

The village of Brightwaters is west and south of a portion of the Bay Shore CDP ; the hamlet of Islip is to its east, and the Great South Bay is to the south.

Whittlesey was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments ; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.

The Town of Islip has the following boundaries: to the west, the town of Babylon ( at approximately route 231 ); to the east, the town of Brookhaven ( at approximately Nicoll's Road ); to the north, approximately the Long Island Expressway ; and to the south, the Atlantic Ocean.

In the 1970s Air Florida flew Electras out of PIE ; in 1982 Northeastern International started DC-8 nonstops to Islip, and in 1983 PeoplExpress started nonstops to Newark that Continental dropped in 1987.

The moste famous Chronicle historye of Leire king of England and his Three Daughters was entered into the Stationers ' Register on 14 May 1594, by stationer Adam Islip ; but Islip's name is crossed out of the record and the name of fellow stationer Edward White is substituted.

Hartford, CT ; Worcester, MA ; Newburgh, NY ; Islip, NY ; White Plains, NY ; New York, NY ; Newark, NJ

Even further north the range slopes up into the towering main crest of the San Gabriels, a sweeping arc-shaped massif in length that includes most of the highest peaks in the range: Waterman Mountain, at ; Mount Islip, at, Mount Baden-Powell, at, Pine Mountain, at, and finally Mount San Antonio, the highest peak in the range at.

Many of the Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Romanesque, Federal, Moorish and Victorian mansions that once lined the streets of Islip have been razed, though some remain ; adjacent to many newer, large homes.

Islip was rector of Easton, near Stamford, and of St. Mary's Church, Horncastle ; he became Archdeacon of Stow in 1332.

Islip was elected to the see of Canterbury on 20 September 1349, following the death in quick succession of his three predecessors from the Black Death ; provided to the see on 7 October 1349, and entrusted with the temporalities of the diocese on 15 November 1349.

* Meadow Farm, East Islip, New York ; estate of H. B. Hollins ( demolished )

Since the Willetts owned most of West Islip, additional families did not arrive until late in the 1770s when parcels of land were sold to others.

* Jeff Olson The cowboy of the Village People moved to West Islip when he was 6 months old

It was founded by Ellis Laurimore Phillips, an engineer, and a group of New York City investors, including George W. Olmsted, when they purchased four small electric companies in Amityville, Islip, Northport and Sayville.

Islip station will be enlarged under Chiltern Railways ' Evergreen 3 project and will have new services when the East West Rail Link is completed.