Benington, Lincolnshire

Benington
All Saints, Benington
Benington Benington shown within Lincolnshire
Population	580 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF396462
– London	100 mi (160 km) S
District	Boston (borough)
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Boston
Postcode district	PE22
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

Coordinates: 52°59′42″N 0°04′46″E / 52.995020°N 0.079338°E / 52.995020; 0.079338

Benington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of Boston, and on the A52 road. Nearby villages are Butterwick and Leverton. Benington has a population of 569,^[1] increasing to 580 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

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".^[3]

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to All Saints and dating from the 13th to 15th centuries, although it was restored in 1873 by James Fowler of Louth. It has a 14th-century font.^[4]

Purril's Almshouses date from the 15th century, although rebuilt in 1728, and are Grade II listed.^[5]

Year	Population^[6]
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
2011	580

Destinations from Benington

Sibsey, Frithville, Coningsby

Leverton, Old Leake, Eastville

Gibraltar Point, Skegness

Anton's Gowt, Brothertoft, Langrick

Benington

Butterwick, Freiston, Boston

Freiston Shore, Holbeach

References

↑ Census 2001
↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
↑ "Benington". Institute for Name Studies. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ "All Saints church, Benington". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
↑ "Purril's Almshouses". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
↑ "Benington parish population:Vision of Britain".

External links

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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