Yardley Gobion
Coordinates: 52°05′45″N 0°52′59″W / 52.09578°N 0.88318°W
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 Yardley Gobion
Yardley Gobion shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 1,376 (2010 estimate)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP766447 |
| - London | 62 mi (100 km) |
| Civil parish | Yardley Hastings |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TOWCESTER |
| Postcode district | NN12 7 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Current: Northampton South From next General Election: South Northamptonshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
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.
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[edit] Governance
It has a parish council with 11 members
[edit] 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.
It has three football clubs, Yardley Gobion FC and Yardley Gobion Reserves which play on Saturdays and Yardley Eagles plays in Thursday's six-a-side league, coming 2nd in the 2008/9 season and runners up in the league cup.
[edit] References
- ^ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. pp. 39.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Yardley Gobion |
- Yardley Gobion Parish Council.
- A website dedicated to promoting local tradespeople
- Website of the village's primary school
- War Memorial details
- 1st Yardley Gobion Scout Group
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