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A vision of Britain through time
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BENNINGTON (Long), a village and a parish in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln. The village stands on the river Witham, 3¾ miles W by S of Hougham r. station, and 8 NW by N of Grantham; consists of one long street; and has a post office under Grantham. The parish, inclusive of Bennington Grange, comprises 4,420 acres. Real property, £8,142. Pop., 1,066. Houses, 255. The property is subdivided. Freestone and lime are worked. A Cistertian priory, with local endowment, was founded here, before 1175, by Ralph de Filgeriis; given to the Abbey of Savigney in Normandy; transferred, by Richard II., to the Carthusians of St Ann, near Coventry; conveyed by Henry V. to the priory of Mountgrace; and given, at the dissolution, to the dean and chapter of Westminster. Remains of a moat, which surrounded its farmhouse, are in Bennington Grange. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Foston, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £463.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is good; and there are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £21.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Long Bennington AP/CP Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | BENNINGTON | BENNINGTON LONG | LONG BENNINGTON |
| Place: | Long Bennington |
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