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Lower Weedon and Upper Weedon
- The ancillary villages of Lower Weedon and Upper Weedon formed south of Weedon Bec.
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The ancillary villages of Lower Weedon and Upper Weedon formed south of Weedon Bec. The settlement along the A5, the Roman road called Watling Street, was known as 'Road Weedon' and earlier 'Weedon on the Street'. To avoid confusion with the village of Weedon Lois, the complete
Weedon Bec is the name of the whole parish, within which there are two ancient settlements, Upper Weedon and Lower Weedon. In the Domesday Book there are two Manors located at Weedon.
The land has been in the ownership of Weedon Bec Parish Council since 1978 and has been used for recreation purposes at all times. The site is a raised mound of earth situated to the north eastern corner of the recreation ground known as Jubilee Fields, Weedon Bec.
Feb 17, 2021 · In a recent survey, which revealed Weedon Bec as being the best place to live in Northamptonshire, the village ranked the highest in Northamptonshire for architectural beauty, and it's easy to see why. St Peter and St Paul's Church is at the south end of the village and overlooks the Grand Union Canal embankment and the West Coast Main Line ...
6 days ago · The common fields of Weedon Bec were enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1777. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields can now be traced either on the ground or from air photographs over less than half of the parish, mainly within a roughly rectangular area around the villages of Upper and Lower Weedon.
Weedon-Bec Go back Weedon-Bec is situated about eight miles west of Northampton. It is a village steeped in history, lying close to the Roman Watling Street, which crosses the river Nene in the region of the church of St Peter and St Paul.
The Bec part comes from the name of a village in Normandy which had an important Abbey. After the Norman Conquest the Manor of Weedon was given to the Abbey of Bec & the Abbey became Lord of the Manor. We were surprised at what we found in Weedon & the history behind it.
