Yardley Gobion is a village of approximately 1,300 residents in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire off a by-pass of the A508 Northampton to Milton Keynes road.

Known as Gerdeslai in 1166 and Jeardelegh in 1286, derived from gyrda (yards or poles) and leah (clearing), an area of woodland where poles were cut and made. By the 16th century the place had become Yardeley Gubbyn, the appendage coming from Henry Gubyun who held land here.

The History Group have a meeting once a months with a speaker on topics of interest or displays of our collection of pictures, maps etc. or trips out.

Next Meeting:

September 3rd – Local Pioneering Flights 1910-1913 – Steve Parkin

Steve Parkin reports on two contrasting pioneering flights through our district – a 1910 a sponsored air race and a 1913 a military deployment. Both contained hair-raising exploits, required pilots with courage and resourceful ground crews. Steve will show how flying very quickly evolved from a daredevil sport and public amusement into an important extension of military power with commercial opportunities. Military involvement quickly exposed the frailties of aviation and navigation and it set new technical problems to solve. The exploits of the pilots involved are just like those in the 1965 film “The Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines”.

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Brenda Pittam has dedicated a huge amount of time researching and documenting the history of Yardley Gobion which can be found here.

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