Potterspury, Northamptonshire

Description
Potterspury, a village, a parish, and the head of a union in Northamptonshire. The village stands near Watling Street, 1 mile W of the Grand Junction Canal, 1 1/4 W of the river Tove at the boundary with Bucks, 2 1/4 miles NNW of Stony Stratford, 5 1/4 SE from Towcester, and 3 1/2 SW from Castlethorpe station on the L. & N.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stony Stratford. The parish contains also the hamlet-chapelry of Yardley Gobion, which is situated about 1 mile NE of the village. Area of Potterspury, 1284 acres; population, 1037. Area of Yardley Gobion, 1080 acres; population of the ecclesiastical parish, 1551. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. The manor, with Wakefield Lodge and much of the land, belongs to the Duke of Grafton. Pottersbury House, a stone mansion, stands at the S end of the village. Wakefield Lodge stands in the centre of a woodland, which was formerly Whittlewood Forest, and has a lawn of 500 acres. Yardley Gobion House is a mansion of stone, very pleasantly situated. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £92 with residence. Patron, Earl Bathurst. The church was restored in 1848 at a cost of about £3000, is a building of stone in the Decorated style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with massive W tower. A cemetery, with a small chapel, is at the SE end of the village. A chapel of ease is in Yardley Gobion, and was built in 1864 at the sole expense of the Duke of Grafton, who also provided a suitable endowment. The W window was filled with stained glass in 1888 in memory of Lord Charles Fitzroy of a former generation. There is a Congregational chapel with a burial ground, a school and pastors' house at Potterspury, and there is also a Primitive Methodist chapel. There is a Congregational chapel at Yardley Gobion. The workhouse at Yardley Gobion was built in 1837, and has accommodation for 200 inmates. There is a post office at Yardley Gobion, under Stony Stratford; money order and telegraph office, Potterspury.