Benington

Description and Travel

Benington is both a village and a parish which abuts the North Sea by The Wash. The parish lies about 5 miles northeast of Boston. Leverton parish is just to the north, Butterwick parish to the west and south and the North Sea to the east. The parish covers almost 2,800 acres and includes the hamlets of Sea Bank and West End.

If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A52 north out of Boston. It passes through Benington.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was the heart of the Benington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church is built of stone in the Early English style.
  
  
• The church seats about 375 people.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1873.
  
  
• The church was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in February, 2003.
  
  
• Here are three photos of the church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1567.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several indexes for the Holland East Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1838. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Benington sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Manors

• Bay Hall was an ancient brick mansion.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 3946.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #261 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Benington is from the Old English Beonna+ing+tun, meaning "farmstead of a man named Beonna". In the 12th Century, the name is found as Benigtun. Some old sources give the name as Benningtone or Benninctun
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Skirbeck Wapentake in the parts of Holland.
  
  
• A December, 1880, Local Government Board Order transferred a detached part of this parish, with 76 inhabitants, to Leake.
  
  
• For today's governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council site.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Comman Lands were enclosed here in 1815.
  
  
• The parish had four bedehouses built sometime before 1841.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The village had a Public Elementary School built prior to 1841. The school was founded in 1704 by Richard COWELL, who left a building in his estate which was converted into a schoolroom.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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