- Yarwell
Yarwell is a village on the
River Nene in the extreme east of the English county ofNorthamptonshire near the border withCambridgeshire .Its name is derived from 'the spring where the
yarrow grows'.Yarwell has a pub called The Angel Inn, a village hall and a church. One of its two farms has been converted into a housing development and the other has applied for planning permission. Until recently there was a 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 and Oundle.
The preserved
Nene Valley Railway has a station at Yarwell Junction. Before closure in the 1960s, this was the junction of two lines, one fromMarket Harborough and the other fromNorthampton . It is on the Cambridgeshire side of the Nene at gbmapping|TL078970.Also nearby is Old Sulehay, a historical hunting forest now managed as a nature reserve.
External links
* [http://www2.stamfordtoday.co.uk/sites/villages/yarwellb.html Desciption 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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