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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Yardley Gobion

Yardley Gobion (/ˌjɑːrdli ˈɡbiən/ YARD-lee-GOH-bee-ən) 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.

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".