You will find that if you hover mouse over the photographs on the site there is usually list of names or a comment about the picture. To give you a larger screen to view pages press F11 key

NEW The launch of a community website in the NN12 area, about Towcester and the surrounding villages. Essentially it is a daily newpaper but on the web. Click here to visit ABOUTMYAREA

MONTHLY MEETINGS click for details

In progress at the moment is the village tour which will take some considerable time as there are more than 70 places to visit. We are working hard on transcribing early Potterspury marriages should soon be completed.

WHAT'S NEW?

VERY LATEST NEWS!!!

ADKINS OR ATKINS

Reunion in June for descendants in local villages. CLICK HERE for more details.

If you have been trying to look at the special Lambert book I must apologise as it appears not to have worked for a while. It is now working correctly. To look again click HERE then Stan Turner and then Lambert Book.

April 08 - Pictures added to Flora & fauna intro page showing the BEECH TREES that were at the top of the Slype. Small addition, 1910 newspaper report on Y G Brittania Prize BAND socialising. Look in Wartime Activities to see LOCAL LAND GIRLS.

March 08 - New pictures in SOCIAL also an intro to WI hoping for more, two additions to MORE WESTONS also two sets of pictures of the THREE BEECHES & ORCHARDS and BOMBER CRASH

Febuary 08 - An Addition to MORE WESTONS Brothers supply goods and services to the workhouse and Jemima Smith's grandson marries a Weston.

January 08 - More than sixty years in the village ITALIAN P.O.W.

December 07 - click above on details of Monthly Meetings for programme of events for the year.

November 07 - The first part of the WESTON family and now the second & third. A new photograph with some names, help with these and corrections too. 1953 SCHOOL MAYDAY

October 07 - Two marriage registers for Potterspury now available in the database MARRIAGES 1799-1837 (As Yardley Gobion was part of the parish of Potterspury it is impossible to tell who are from Yardley and who from Potterspury.

September 07 - An addition to the Social activities of the village - THE ARCHERY CLUBS

August 07 - More about the MASOMS FROM THE U.S.A. The Swain Willey family.
Also a new picture, the BLUE WHEATON OR HARVEST PLUM alongside the Yardley plum


July 07 - Addition to the Census Datababase of POTTERSPURY BURIALS 1894-1945 where most Yardley Gobion burials took place until the 1920s.

June 07 - Relating all the SWAIN families in Yardley Gobion, a genealogical report.

May 07 - The Youth Club from the 1950's and 1960's. YOUTH CLUB There are also two new photos from the 1960's SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

April 07 - More photos in CYCLE SPEEDWAY and a new section on the CORONATION with a variety of pictures.

March 07 - Additions to war section - EVACUEES

also photos and details of the CYCLE SPEEDWAY from the 1950's

February 07 - Now added to the family history section in the census database is the first marriage register for St Leonard's church Yardley Gobion 1867 - 1930 - MARRIAGES

Another Lambert family - LAMBERT 4

January 07 - A terrible fire at Prospect House, the curate loses wife and child - CHURCH PEOPLE

also details of enclosure 1775 - ENCLOSURE

December 06 - The village builder, undertaker, & shopkeeper, the - SHAKESHAFT

A follow on to the recent display in the village church - Yardley in Wartime - WAR

October 06 - A third Lambert family from Marjorie Lambert - LAMBERT 3

A large Johnson family from Julie Isard-Brown - JOHNSON

What was or is the Yardley Plum? - YARDLEY PLUM

August 06 - A second Lambert family from Jenny O'Connell - LAMBERT 2

July 7th 06 - At Last !! The first part of the Lambert history with its special book produced by Stan Turner for his family - LAMBERT

July 16th 06 - Also the - BONHAMS from Yardley Gobion in Australia

June 22nd 06 - The Forum is now set up for you.
If you wish to contact others who are researching similar Yardley Gobion families to you, go to Family History, then - HELP WANTED and sign in to the guest book and leave your message and wait for your replies.

May 3rd 06 - FIELD MAPS

Photos added to CENTENARY

Photos added to PRIZE BAND

May 16th 06 - Additions to CHURCH and church build & burials.

New article about the Morris men from 1955 magazine MORRIS MEN

March 3rd 06 - Launch of the site.
FUTURE PROJECTS

The building of the canal through the village.

The Papermill.

Information require on the Toll Gate that was up on the Pury road near where the allotments are now. I have only a minute amount of information about this.

Village Halls:- Building and then closing of the Old Social Hall and the building of the Silver Jubilee Village Hall followed by the building of the New Recreation Hall.

The connection between the Hortons who have been living in the village up until just over a year ago and the farmers by the name of Horton who had Prospect house (High House) built in 1757. Have you been researching your family (Hortons) tree?

What were the youth up to in the last 60-70 years? This is the area where there are many people who can contribute their memories and often pictures to go with them, these are of great interest to many of their contemporaries.

The history and personages of the Congregational church (the chapel)..

The Public Houses of the village.


If you have information on any of these topics or are prepared to do some research contact Brenda or Maureen.


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