Etymology

Benefield

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Today it means: A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield. Full definition →

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The story

Recorded as Beringafeld in the Cartularium Saxonicum, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Bera + -ing (“belonging to”) + feld (“field”). The -n- in the present name is most probably due to Anglo-Norman assimilation.

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