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, 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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