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SS Mary and Peter parish church
Weedon Lois is located in Northamptonshire
Weedon Lois
Weedon Lois
OS grid reference SP601470
Civil parish
  • Weston and Weedon
Unitary authority
  • West Northamptonshire
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
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
  • South Northamptonshire
Website Weston and Weedon Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°07′05″N 1°07′26″W / 52.118°N 1.124°W / 52.118; -1.124

Weedon Lois (or Lois Weedon) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Weedon, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Towcester. In 1931 the parish had a population of 296.

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.

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. It is a Grade II* listed building. The authors Edith Sitwell and her brother Sacheverell Sitwell are buried in the churchyard, as are Michael Aris and American author James Purdy.

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Plumpton to form "Weston & Weedon".

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