Benefield / Banefield / Beddingfielde / Benefielde / Benefilde / Benetfel / Benifeld / Benifeud / Beningfelde / Beningfeud / Benyngfielde / Berifelde / Lower Benefield
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rod Warmer, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Rod Warner [www.picturesofengland.com/England/Northamptonshire/Lower_Benefield/pictures/1129041] [accessed 16 May 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 14364BEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Causin Way, Benefield, Northamptonshire PE8 5AF
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A427, 5 km W of Oundle, 10 km E of Corby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Polebrook
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Whellan (1849) notes: "the font is of Caen stone, octagonal in form, and exceedingly rich." The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 3, 1930) notes: " The church [...] was in the gift of the lord of Benefield in 1225 [...] With the exception of the chancel, which is of 14th-century date, the whole of the church was rebuilt in 1847 [...] the font and pulpit, are modern." [NB: both references are likely to the replacement font of the mid-19th century renovation -- we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 666284 5818360
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
oak
Notes: modern cover with a phoenix (?) finial
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-16 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Whellan, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Northamptonshire, comprising a general survey of the county, and a history of the Diocese of Peterborough: with separate [...], London: Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, 1849