Yardley Gobion

Human settlement in England
  • Yardley Gobion
Unitary authority
  • West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county
  • Northamptonshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTOWCESTERPostcode districtNN12Dialling code01908PoliceNorthamptonshireFireNorthamptonshireAmbulanceEast Midlands UK Parliament
  • South Northamptonshire
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°05′45″N 0°52′59″W / 52.09578°N 0.88318°W / 52.09578; -0.88318

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

It has a parish council with 11 members

Facilities

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

  1. ^ Daniel Owens (12 March 2021). "Yardley Gobion FC - Mental Health". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".

External links

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


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