Maidford

Coordinates: 52°10′03″N 1°06′31″W / 52.1674°N 1.1087°W / 52.1674; -1.1087

Maidford
Maidford Maidford shown within Northamptonshire
Population	179  (2001)
OS grid reference	SP609525
District	South Northamptonshire
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Towcester
Postcode district	NN12
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Maidford is a civil and eccesiastical parish in South Northamptonshire and the diocese of Peterborough situated approximately 6 miles northwest of Towcester. The population is 179. It was a centre of local Northamptonshire lace-making until the early 20th century.

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[1] along with the parishes of Blakesley, Adstone, Farthingstone and Litchborough.

Its most notorious inhabitant was the pirate Thomas Tew, who was more than likely born in the village in the early 1600s^{[citation needed]}

External links

• The Lambfold Benefice

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