Benington, Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 52°59′42″N 0°04′46″E / 52.9950200°N 0.07933773°E
| Benington | |
 All Saints, Benington |
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 Benington
Benington shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 569 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF396462 |
| District | Boston (borough) |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Boston |
| Postcode district | PE22 0 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency) |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Benington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, located 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Boston, on the A52 road. Nearby places are Butterwick and Leverton. It has a population of 569.[1]
Benington is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the borough. Local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. The parish forms part of the Coastal electoral ward.
Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
The name derives from Old English meaning Bennas farm or settlement.[2]
The parish church is a grade I listed building dedicated to All Saints and dating from the 13th -15th centuries, although it was restored in 1873 by James Fowler of Louth. It has a 14th-century font.[3]
Purril's Almshouses date from the 15th century, although rebuilt in 1728, and are grade II listed.[4]
| Year | Population[5] |
| 1801 | 362 |
| 1811 | 335 |
| 1821 | 406 |
| 1831 | 500 |
| 1841 | 539 |
| 1851 | 603 |
| 1881 | 542 |
| 1891 | 488 |
| 1901 | 475 |
| 1911 | 440 |
| 1921 | 498 |
| 1931 | 524 |
| 1941 | N/A (World War II) |
| 1951 | 547 |
| 1961 | 555 |
| 2001 | 569 |
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Sibsey, Frithville, Coningsby | Leverton, Old Leake, Eastville | Gibraltar Point, Skegness | |
| Anton's Gowt, Brothertoft, Langrick |  |
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| Butterwick, Freiston, Boston | Freiston Shore, Holbeach |
[edit] References
- ^ Census 2001
- ^ "Benington". Institute for Name Studies. University of Nottingham. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~aezins/kepn/detailpop.php?placeno=10208. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "All Saints church, Benington". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062077. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ "Purril's Almshouses". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1360481. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ "Benington parish population:Vision of Britain". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10398101&c_id=10001043&add=N.
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