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YARDLEY-HASTINGS, a parish, with a village, in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; 3¼ miles S of Castle-Ashby r. station, and 8 ESE of Northampton. It has a post-office under Northampton, and a fair on Whit-Monday. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £3,323. Pop., 1,152. Houses, 256. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Northampton. The living is a rectory, united with part of Denton, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400.* Patron, the Marquis of Northampton. The church is partly Norman, partly early English. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yardley Hastings Parish Hardingstone Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Yardley Hastings |
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