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{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|official_name=            Yarwell
|coordinates = {{coord|52.5649|-0.4303|display=it|format=dms}}
|population=        294
|population_ref=    (2011)
|unitary_england=          [[North Northamptonshire]]
|lieutenancy_england=            [[Northamptonshire]]
|region=                   East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
|post_town=                Peterborough
|postcode_district =       PE8
|postcode_area=            PE
|dial_code=                01780
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|static_image_name=UK Yarwell-2.jpg
|static_image_width=200
|static_image_caption= Village sign
|static_image_2_name=Yarwell, England.jpg
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|static_image_2_caption= Aerial view
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'''Yarwell''' is a village on the [[River Nene]] in the extreme east of the [[England|English]] county of [[Northamptonshire]] near the border with [[Cambridgeshire]]. Yarwell is one mile north of [[Nassington]], {{convert|7 + 1/2|miles}} west of [[Peterborough]] and its [[county town]] of [[Northampton]] is {{convert|30|miles}} to the south-west.<ref>{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yarwell,+Peterborough+PE8+6PJ/@52.5646881,-0.4337098|title=Yarwell}}</ref> The name Yarwell is derived from 'the spring where the [[yarrow]] grows'.{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} At the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the parish's population was 316 people,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797286&c=yarwell&d=16&e=15&g=472617&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1259699086890&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Yarwell CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 1 December 2009</ref> reducing to 294 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11131065&c=Yarwell&d=16&e=62&g=6451187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1468407236844&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=13 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
The village's name origin is dubious. '[[Fish]]-[[weir]] spring/stream' or maybe, '[[Achillea millefolium|yarrow grass]] spring/stream'. It has been thought that the second component could be the [[Old English]] 'wael' meaning 'pool'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Yarwell|title=Key to English Place-names}}</ref>
Yarwell was not recorded in the [[Domesday Book]], however, it probably was recorded as part of [[Nassington]].<ref name="BHO"/> During the [[Middle Ages]], the village was surrounded by the [[Rockingham Forest]]. A folklore amongst the people of yarwell is that in Rockingham forest, there lived three greedy little goblins in their little goblin huts that ran around biting children's toes. But fear not, for this is only a legend and may not be real. The village was never large, in 1580 it was recorded as having 39 houses, and in 1801 it was recorded as containing 58 families.<ref name="BHO">'Yarwell', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 6, Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire (London, 1984), pp. 171-176. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol6/pp171-176 British History Online].</ref>
[[File:St Mary Magdalene, Yarwell - geograph.org.uk - 2466415.jpg|Church and graveyard at Yarwell|thumb|left]]
Yarwell has a [[pub]] called The Angel Inn,  famous for an alleged  short visit from lord chartholamew reyce in 1901, during which he declared the inn the most divine place he had ever stayed, and offered to recommend it to the king himself, a promise he would seemingly forget as he rode away on his horse named william. .
The village is also home to a village hall and the 13th-century Church of St. Mary Magdalene. The majority of the church building is original with walls made of limestone rubble with [[Freestone (masonry)|freestone dressings]] however the west tower was rebuilt probably in the 17th century. Until 1892, the church's roof was thatched.<ref name="BHO"/>
One of the village's two farms has been converted into a housing development and the other has applied for planning permission. Until recently,{{when|date=April 2021}} there was a [[Methodism|Methodist]] church in the village; the post office closed in 1993. The village school closed in the early 1960s and in 2003 was redeveloped into three houses. In total there are about 130 houses in Yarwell.
Yarwell and Nassington Britannia band is the local [[brass band]] which rehearses in the village hall and draws its players from the surrounding area including [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] and [[Oundle]].
The [[heritage railway|preserved]] [[Nene Valley Railway]] has a station at [[Yarwell Junction railway station|Yarwell Junction]]. Before closure in the 1960s, this was the junction of two lines, one from [[Market Harborough]] and the other from [[Northampton]]. It is on the Cambridgeshire side of the Nene at {{gbmapping|TL078970}}. Also nearby is [[Old Sulehay Forest|Old Sulehay]], a historical hunting forest now managed as a [[nature reserve|reserve]].
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== External links ==
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* [http://www2.stamfordtoday.co.uk/sites/villages/yarwellb.html Description from a local newspaper]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/Yarwell.html War Memorial details]
* [http://www.yarwell.com Village web site]
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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:North Northamptonshire]]