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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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YARDLEY-GOBION, a township, with a village, in Potterspury parish, Northampton; on the Grand Junction canal, 3½ miles NNW of Stony-Stratford. It contains Potterspury workhouse; and has a post-office under Stony-Stratford, a chapel of ease built in 1865, and an Independent chapel. Real property, £2,538. Pop. in 1861, 650: of whom 61 were in the workhouse. Houses, 134. The manor belongs to the Duke of Grafton. Y. House is the residence of Mrs. Franklin.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Potterspury AP/CP Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Yardley Gobion |
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