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:
February 5th
Peter Boyce – Traditional and Modern Canal Stories
Peter Boyce, Storyteller, will join us in February 2026 and present stories, songs and poems from the folklore of our 260 year old canal system.
This is not a history talk, but a selection of material related to the canals, touching on the lives of the people who built them, navigated them, and still explore them, from 1762 to 2026. Time is limited in just one evening, there is much, much more to discover, and this selection merely dips into the subject but may whet your appetite.
Peter will tounch on the building of the canals, tunnels and their folklore, the boat people, winter ice and more recent canal stories of ghosts, films and boating.
External Links
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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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