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Benefield

Benefield proper noun: a civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.

Proper noun

Benefield (countable and uncountable, plural Benefields)

  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.

Forms of Benefield

pluralBenefields
alternative formBenfield

Origin of Benefield

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.

Words formed from Benefield

Questions about Benefield

What does Benefield mean?
Benefield means a civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, which includes the villages of Upper and Lower Benefield.
What part of speech is Benefield?
Benefield is a proper noun.

Words near Benefield in the dictionary

  1. beneficing
  2. beneficious
  3. beneficium
  4. benefics
  5. Benefiel
  6. Benefield
  7. Benefields
  8. Benefiels
  9. benefit
  10. benefit cliff
  11. benefit cliffs

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