Weedon Lois
| Weedon Lois | |
|---|---|
 SS Mary and Peter parish church | |
.svg.png)  Weedon Lois Location within Northamptonshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP601470 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN12 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Weston and Weedon Parish Council |
Weedon Lois (or Lois Weedon) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Weedon, in West Northamptonshire, England.[1] It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Towcester. In 1931 the parish had a population of 296.[2]
History
The villages name means 'Heathen temple hill'. There is a well in the parish, named after St. Loys or Lewis, whose waters apparently cured the Blind and Leprous.[3]
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.[4] It is a Grade II* listed building.[4] Michael Aris is buried in the churchyard, while the authors Edith Sitwell, her brother Sacheverell Sitwell, and American novelist James Purdy are buried in the churchyard extension.
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Plumpton to form "Weston & Weedon".[5]
References
- ^ "List of settlements". West Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ "Population statistics Weedon Lois AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ a b Historic England (17 May 1960). "Church of St Mary (1371888)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Towcester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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. Vol. 4 – Archaeological sites in South-West Northamptonshire. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 163–167.
External links
Media related to Weedon Lois at Wikimedia Commons