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"POTTERSPURY, a parish in the hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Stony-Stratford, its post town, and 5½, S.E. of Towcester. The village, which is extensive, is situated near Salcey Forest, on the Roman way Watling Street, and on the Grand Junction canal. There is an extensive pottery work, giving employment to a large number of hands. There is a cemetery with chapel at the S.E. end of the village; its site, including the chapel, was the gift of the Duke of Grafton. The parish comprises the hamlet of Yardley-Gobion, and part of Old Stratford. The hundred derives its name from Cleley Well, which is in this parish. The Poor-law Union of Potterspury comprises 15 parishes or townships, 11 of which are in the county of Northampton, and 4 in that of Buckingham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £116. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has a square tower, containing a clock and five bells. The church has lately been restored. There is a National school, which is endowed with an annuity of £30 by the Duke of Grafton for the free education of 50 boys. The Independents have a place of worship. The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor and impropriator of the great tithes."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

"YARDLEY-GOBION, a hmlt. in the par. of Potterspury, hund. of Cleley, co. Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Stoney Stratford, and 6 S.E. of Towcester. It is situated on the line of the ancient Walling Street, near the Grand Junction canal and river Tove, and contains the Union poor-house for Potterspury. There is a paper mill. The Independents have a chapel." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"POTTERSPURY, a parish in the hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Stony-Stratford, its post town, and 5½, S.E. of Towcester. The village, which is extensive, is situated near Salcey Forest, on the Roman way Watling Street, and on the Grand Junction canal. There is an extensive pottery work, giving employment to a large number of hands. There is a cemetery with chapel at the S.E. end of the village; its site, including the chapel, was the gift of the Duke of Grafton. The parish comprises the hamlet of Yardley-Gobion, and part of Old Stratford. The hundred derives its name from Cleley Well, which is in this parish. The Poor-law Union of Potterspury comprises 15 parishes or townships, 11 of which are in the county of Northampton, and 4 in that of Buckingham. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £116. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has a square tower, containing a clock and five bells. The church has lately been restored. There is a National school, which is endowed with an annuity of £30 by the Duke of Grafton for the free education of 50 boys. The Independents have a place of worship. The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor and impropriator of the great tithes."

"OLD STRATFORD, a hamlet in the parishes of Cosgrove, Furtho, and Potterspury, hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, a quarter of a mile N.W. of Stony-Stratford. At a place called Chapel Close were formerly a chapel and hermitage.

"YARDLEY-GOBION, a hamlet in the parish of Potterspury, hundred of Cleley, county Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Stoney Stratford, and 6 S.E. of Towcester. It is situated on the line of the ancient Watling Street, near the Grand Junction canal and river Tove, and contains the Union poor-house for Potterspury. There is a paper mill. The Independents have a chapel."

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