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.

Yardley Gobion
Thatching in Yardley Gobion
Yardley Gobion Location within Northamptonshire
Population	1,348 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP766447
• London	62 miles (100 km) SE
Civil parish	Yardley Gobion
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TOWCESTER
Postcode district	NN12
Dialling code	01908
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Northamptonshire
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.09578°N 0.88318°W / 52.09578; -0.88318

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

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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