Yardley Gobion
Appearance
Yardley Gobion | |
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Thatching in Yardley Gobion | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 1,348 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SP766447 |
• London | 62 miles (100 km) SE |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TOWCESTER |
Postcode district | NN12 |
Dialling code | 01908 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Yardley Gobion (/ˌjɑːrdli ˈɡoʊbiən/ YARD-lee-GOH-bee-ən[1]) is a village in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire off a by-pass of the A508 Northampton to Milton Keynes road.
The village's name means 'rod wood/clearing', where they were made or acquired. Henry Gubyun held land in the village in 1228.[2]
Governance
[edit]It has a parish council with 11 members
Facilities
[edit]The Grand Union Canal runs nearby east of the village.
In 1979 it featured on the Blue Peter television series when presenter Simon Groom visited a breeder of St Bernards in the village.
The noted Victorian botanist George Claridge Druce, later Mayor of Oxford, went to school in the village.
References
[edit]- ^ Daniel Owens (12 March 2021). "Yardley Gobion FC - Mental Health". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yardley Gobion.
- Yardley Gobion Parish Council.
- Website of the village's primary school
- War Memorial details
- 1st Yardley Gobion Scout Group
- History of Yardley Gobion
- A Short Aerial Video of Yardley Gobion - Jan 2015