li IN. 210 kings of Mcivia. In the Nonnnn survey it is called .tod to an i any period, hern and North- ,i. in the village. The I. iert.* in tho <li of the patron, of the Rev. I'. Ji. ral monuments "1 l.imili' i who have lu:M the manor. Tho Wrsieyan Mi -thodists have a chapel in the village. Not far Iron i the church is the hill on which the :.: stood. A Roman road passed through the parish. principal BC.I'S an lieunington 1'laco and Ben- nington Street. The 1'uckcridge hounds meet :it the place. 'J'i . en discontinued ; but an annual lair is 1. -"'lh June. BENNINl.TliN, a par. in tin: wap. of Skirbcck, parU of Holland, in tho co. of Lincoln, 4 miles to the K. of Boston, its post and Union town. The Boston and- Great Grimsby section of the Great Northern railway passes within a short distance of tho village. The parish is situated on the coast of Boston Deeps. The living is a reel." in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the annual val. of 805, in the patron, of tho Earl of Ripon. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The charitable endowments of Bennington amount to 187 per annum, part of which sum is the revenue of .rorril's tree school. BENNIM 1 '< >N < : i; ANi ; !:, an ext. i>ar. lib. adjoin- ing the par. of Long Bennington, in the wap. of Lm in the co. of Lincoln. BEN N I N( 1T( IX. LONG, a par. in the wap. of Lovcdcn, parts of Kesteven, in the co. of Lincoln, 8 miles to the N . V. of Grantham, its post town. It is situated on the west bank of the river William, and the Great Northern railway runs about 3 miles to the E. of tho village. A Cistercian priory was founded here about the year 1 175, as a cell to the abbey of Savigny, in Normandy. It was taken possession of by Richard. II. during the wars with France, at which tiino it had a revenue of 50.- After several transfers it was given in 1542 to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Limestone is quarried in the parish, and there is a chalybeate spring. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Lincoln, of the val., with the per] 1 1 . which is annexed to it, of 403, in tin.' patron, of the Duchy of Lancaster. Tho church is dedicated to All Saints. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. Tho produce of tho parochial charities is 21 per annum. BENNIWORTH, or BENINGWORTH, a par. in the eastern div. o/ tho wap. of WVaggoe, parts of Lindscy, in the co. of Lincoln, 6 miles to tin- N .!'.. of Wragby, its ]X'st town. It is situated in tho Wolds, near a small stream, a branch of the river Witham, and is included in I'oor-law Union of Horncastle. The living is a rcct." in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of '>' the patron, of G. F. Hencagc, Esq. The church, which has a Nonnan porch, is dedicated to St. Julian. BENKI I M;]-:, a tnshp. in tho par. of Mitfprd, Mor- . in the co. of Northumberland, 2 miles to tin: V. of Morpeth station on the Newcastle and Buwiek railv. BENRIlMJi:, a limit, in tho tnshp. of Kiikley, and ntelund, Castle ward, in the co. of Northum- berland, 6 miles to the S. of Jlorpeth. Tl. mansion is Bcnridge House. , or 1'IiNSON, a par. in the liimd. the co. of Oxford, 1 mile to the N. of V;,: ^ post town. It is situated on the ]',. side oft: :ncs, and contains tho hmlts. of 1 r,ov.inaish-r.aUlt', and Jioke. n i.-i a v, TV The fi a H ns till S7-, when it wa- taken l,y (Val- wyn, kinifof VCSKCX. About 'JlKlyeai:, later it vastaken by Otl'a, kin;; of -M' ,
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' him ii College, Oxford. The church, which stands tho old royal castle, , It in an ancient building will, tion. The chain church enlarged, Beneath thu to.. some time since di.-cvend. The cliai incuts of the parish of the ! BENTFIELD. JiKXTHALL, a tnshp. in th> hund. of Ford, in the co. of Salop, N in Shrewsbury. It is near tho ri . BENTHALL, a par. in Uie lib. of V. nlock borough in the co. of Salop, i! n lock, ita post town. I; lated liver S. M in, which is navigable I. of the village are chiefly employed in tho The living is a pcrpet. cur. in t ' val. 03, in the patron, of the Vicar of M uoh ' Tho church is dedicated to St. Burtholomi w. ' cipal seat is Benthall Hall, originally erected i but partly burnt down and rebuilt in 1818. BKNTHAM, a limit, in the j and hund. of Dudstone, in the co. of miles to the E. of Glouc liKNTHAM, a par. in the W. div. of the v..,p < Staincliff and E wcross, in tho West Hiding of Htg York, 10 miles to the '. post town. It is situated on tin border of Land on the banks of the river V> i.ning. aii : chplries. of Chapel-le-Dalc hmlts. of High Benthain and Low B> ; Bcntham is a station on the Skip!' and Jloreoambe railway. Ti p!c are pally employed in tho flax and linen mai in the potteries. Tho living is a r<ct. in the ( Ripon, of the val. of 452, in li r, Esq. The church i.- Baptist. At High Henthani are a and a hospital for 12 poor persons, found in 17-(i by William < 'ollingwood. ] i is 240. There arc some producing about 78 per annum. tham is of considerable extent, compris; 25,500 acres, and has, in add: two district churchcst one at i in Foils, or, as it is tvi. BEN'I'I.KV. a par. mid lib. in 1 co. of Southampton. "> mil. s to th llj'from LondiMi. Faniham large village, in Alton I and has a station on the Alton and I-'aniham 1 tho London and South-Western i;<i!. in this district. Tin- living is a the dioc. of Winchester, ot : I 10" patron, of the Archdeacon of Sn
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There is a Wcslojan cbajiel and NV proauce of the parocln .ih Januai v Saturday in Kasli ni'iN .. , a lii~hi. . in ; bund, of Brimstroe, in ih. co. ot Sal"]'. 1 mil ISridgnoith. '1'ln y pa<M this township. BKNTI.KV. a tnshp. in the par. of V, hund. of Olllon-, in th" oo. of Statlimi. Volverhainpton. The I.ond"li and North-Vi it. The inhabitants " ' lly i mployi d in the ' Hall, fomicrly the seat of fo!,.ncl and V they i r.l. N'l .. . a par. in the Inn.. 8 W. of 1 1 town. It is a station on thoGi' nurwij
