Lower Benefield

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 population is included in the Civil Parish of Weston and Weedon.

Lower Benefield
Lower Benefield is located in Northamptonshire
Lower Benefield
Lower Benefield
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP989886
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE8
Dialling code01832
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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

St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed building . It has Medieval origins but was largely rebuilt c.1847 by John Macduff Derick for the Watts-Russell family of Biggin Hall, and restored in 1897 and 1901.

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