Yardley Gobion
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| Population | 1,348 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SP766447 |
| – London | 62 miles (100 km) SE |
| Civil parish | Yardley Gobion |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire 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 |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Northamptonshire |
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Coordinates: 52°05′45″N 0°52′59″W / 52.09578°N 0.88318°W
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.
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
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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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