Maidford
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Maidford is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in West Northamptonshire and the diocese of Peterborough situated about Template:Convert north-west of Towcester. The population at the 2011 census was 168. It was a centre of local Northamptonshire lace-making until the early 20th century.
History
The villages name means 'Maidens' ford'.[1]
Maidford is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the settlement Merdeford Manor.
Buildings
The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, and forms the centre of a monastic complex used as an hospitalium by the nearby Abbey at Canons Ashby. Since 2006 the parish has been part of the Lambfold Benefice[2] along with the parishes of Blakesley, Adstone, Farthingstone and Litchborough.
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- ↑ The Lambfold Benefice