Woodford Halse

Woodford Halse
St Mary the Virgin parish church
Woodford Halse
Woodford Halse shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP5452
Civil parish	Woodford cum Membris
District	Daventry district
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Daventry
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01327

Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry
Website	Woodford cum Membris
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°10′16″N 1°12′25″W / 52.171°N 1.207°W / 52.171; -1.207Coordinates: 52°10′16″N 1°12′25″W / 52.171°N 1.207°W / 52.171; -1.207

Woodford Halse is a village about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Daventry in Northamptonshire. It is in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris , which includes also village of Hinton and hamlet of West Farndon. Hinton and Woodford Halse are separated by the infant River Cherwell and the former course of the Great Central Main Line railway.

The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin include the chancel, west tower and south doorway, which date from about 1300. The arcade of the south aisle is 14th or 15th century.

St Mary's has a ring of six bells plus a sanctus bell. One of the Watts family of bell-founders, who had foundries in Bedford and Leicester, cast four of the bells including the tenor in 1613.John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast a fifth in 1909 and the present treble in 1976.