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

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
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AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Northamptonshire
52°29′12″N 0°32′37″W / 52.4866°N 0.5436°W / 52.4866; -0.5436

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

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  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
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