Yardley Hastings
Coordinates: 52°12′14″N 0°44′02″W / 52.204°N 0.734°W
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Yardley Hastings shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 819 (2010 estimate)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP865570 |
| - London | 64 mi (103 km) |
| Civil parish | Yardley Hastings |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | NN7 1 |
| Dialling code | 01604 69 |
| 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 Hastings is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is located south-east of the county town of Northampton and is skirted on its south side by the main A428 road to Bedford.
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[edit] History
The affix 'Hastings' is the surname of the Earls of Pembroke of the third creation; it distinguishes the village from nearby Yardley Gobion.
Thomas Dudley was born in Yardley Hastings in 1576. He sailed to New England on the Arbella in 1630 and became Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He signed the charter of Harvard College in 1650.
Yardley Hastings is the village in which Marianne Faithfull's character Maggie lives in the 2007 film Irina Palm.
[edit] Buildings
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew, has a 13th century west tower and the remains of a Norman wall.[2] It also has exceptional examples of Romanesque detailing.[3]
The former Congregational chapel dates from 1813[2] and is now home to a congregation of the United Reformed Church, and together with the manse and ancillary buildings was converted into the National Youth Resource Centre of the United Reformed Church in 1991. The buildings ceased to be used for this purpose in 2003, and are now the "Crossways Retreat and Conference Centre"[4] initiated under the auspices of the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church.
The Manor House just north of the parish church has the remains of the hall of Hastings Mansion of ca. 1320–1340[2].
The old Rectory in the north of the village is dated 1701[2].
[edit] Facilities
The village has a primary school, youth club, garage, shop, post office, fish and chip shop and Indian takeaway.
[edit] Governance
The local parish council is Yardley Hastings Parish Council.
[edit] References
- ^ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010–2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. pp. 39.
- ^ a b c d Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 306–7. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ Well-illustrated information about the parish church of St Andrew
- ^ Crossways Retreat and Conference Centre and Yardley Hastings United Reformed Church
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