Yardley Gobion

Yardley Gobion
Yardley Gobion
	Thatching in Yardley Gobion
	Yardley Gobion Location within Northamptonshire
Population	1,300 (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;

Yardley Gobion (/ˌjɑːrdli ˈɡoʊbiən/ YARD-lee-GOH-bee-ən^[1]) is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England.^[2] The village is off a by-pass of the A508 road between Northampton and Milton Keynes.

The village's name means 'rod wood/clearing', where they were made or acquired. Henry Gubyun held land in the village in 1228.^[3]

Governance

It has a parish council with 11 members

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.

^ Daniel Owens (12 March 2021). "Yardley Gobion FC – Mental Health". Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022 – via YouTube.
^ "List of settlements". West Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
^ "Key to English Place-names".