YARDLEY-HASTINGS, a parish in the hundred
of WYMERSLEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 8-5 miles
(E. S. E.) from Northampton, containing 917 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, to which a portion of the rectory
of Denton is annexed, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £13. 16. 0., and in the patronage of the Marquis
of Northampton. The church is dedicated to St.
Andrew. There is a place of worship for Independents.
North of the church are the ruins of an ancient mansion,
once the seat of the family of Hastings, Earls of
Pembroke. A fair is held on Whit-Monday. The Rev.-
Lye, author of the Saxon Dictionary, died rector of
this parish, in 1767- A school, in which about two
hundred children are educated, is supported by subscription.