Yardley Gobion
| Yardley Gobion | |
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 Thatching in Yardley Gobion | |
  Yardley Gobion Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 1,348 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP766447 |
| • London | 62 miles (100 km) SE |
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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 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. held land in the village in 1228.[1]
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.
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External links[]
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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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- Villages in Northamptonshire
- Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
- West Northamptonshire District
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