Benefield

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

Proper noun

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

Forms

Benefields Benfield

Derived

Lower Benefield Upper Benefield