Lower Benefield

Lower Benefield
Lower Benefield Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP989886
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Peterborough
Postcode district	PE8
Dialling code	01832
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Corby
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°29′12″N0°32′37″W / 52.4866°N 0.5436°W / 52.4866; -0.5436

Lower Benefield is a village on the A427 road in North Northamptonshire, England, near Oundle. It is part of the civil parish of Benefield.

The villages name means 'Open land of Bera's people'. ^[1]

St Mary's Church is part of the Benefice of Benefield, Glapthorn and Oundle St Peter's. It is in the Rural Deanery of Oundle and is part of the Archdeaconry of Oakham within the Diocese of Peterborough. The church is a Grade II* listed building. ^[2] It has Medieval origins but was largely rebuilt c.1847 by John Macduff Derick for the Watts-Russell family of Biggin Hall, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Benefield, ^[3] and restored in 1897 and 1901. Only the chancel of the old church was retained, dating from the 14th-century. ^[4]

References

1. "Key to English Place-names".
2. Historic England. "Church of St. Mary (Grade II*) (1189042)". National Heritage List for England .
3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. Revised by Cherry, Bridget. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 105–6. ISBN   978-0-300-09632-3.
4. Victorian County History on-line "A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3" edited by William Page 1930

External links

• Map sources for Lower Benefield