Benefield

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proper noun

A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.

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Meanings

proper nounBenefield (countable and uncountable, plural Benefields)

plural Benefields · alternative Benfield

  1. countableuncountableA civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

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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APA

Benefield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benefield

MLA

“Benefield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benefield. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Benefield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benefield.

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