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| | Whelan 1874 |
 | | Weedon Bec, Beck, or Weedon-on-the-Street, is bounded by Nether Heyford on the east, Dodford on the north, Everdon on the west, and on the south by Stowe, from which it is divided by Stowe brook. |
 | | She was buried at Hanbury, from whence her body was translated in 875 to the Abbey of Chester, which was dedicated to her as its patron saint, and where in the cathedral, formerly the abbey church, her shrine now serves for the base of the episcopal throne. |
 | | The Village of Weedon is also called Weedon-in-thc-Street, from its situation on the ancient Roman road, Watling Street; its distinctive epithet, "Bec," was derived from the circumstance of its ancient priory being established here as a cell to the Abbey of Bec in Normandy. |
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