Weedon Lois
For Lower Weedon, Upper Weedon and Weedon Bec, see Weedon Bec.
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 SS Mary and Peter parish church |
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| OS grid reference | SP601470 |
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| Civil parish | Weston and Weedon |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Northamptonshire |
| Website | Weston and Weedon Parish Council |
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Coordinates: 52°07′04″N 1°07′26″W / 52.1178°N 1.1239°W
Weedon Lois (or Lois Weedon) is a village in Weston and Weedon civil parish (where the population is included), about 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England.
Its name is derived from the Old English Wēo-dūn, meaning "Temple Hill". Before Christianity came there may have been an Anglo-Saxon pagan temple here.
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of SS Mary and Peter date from about 1100.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] The authors Edith Sitwell and her brother Sacheverell Sitwell are buried in the churchyard.
References
- 1 2 "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 17 May 1960. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
Further reading
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 448–449. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
- RCHME, ed. (1982). "Weston and Weedon". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. 4 – Archaeological sites in South-West Northamptonshire. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 163–167.
External links
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