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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yardley Hastings like this:
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.
Yardley Hastings is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yardley Hastings itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yardley Hastings, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8367
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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