Monument record 1221/1 - Yardley manor

'Jerdel' (yardley) medieval moated manor (site)

{1} The manor of 'Jerdel'/ Yardley was in the hands of the Gobions and their heirs from 1240-1446 at least

{2} Moat (?)(SP 761448) lay immediately S of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m above OD. The site has been entirely destroyed by modern housing, but air photographs taken in 1947 show that it was still in existence at that time. It consisted of a rectangular area 60 m by 40 m, orientated NE-SW and bounded on the NW, SW and part of the NE and SE sides by a broad ditch which was at least 10 m
wide. The E corner had already been obliterated. The moat was completely surrounded by ridge-and-furrow. It is said [by authority {3}] to have been the site of the manor house of Yardley Gobion.

{3}Site of manor

{5} This feature has now been destroyed and its site falls in a new housing estate.

{6} (SP 76143378). There is a square earthwork at the w end of the village of Yardley Gobion on the south side of the road (possibly the site of the manor of "Jerdel" (Yardley) which is recorded by Baker (Northants 2, 1841, 227) as being in the hands of the Gobions and their "heirs" from 1240 to 1446 at least).

<1> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.227 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77328.

<2a> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926 5244) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.175 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.227 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77328.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP74SE15 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 21-OCT-69 (Notes). SNN111907.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF CPE/UK/1926 5244; 16.1.47) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Apr 6 2022 12:01PM