Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BENNIWORTH

BENNIWORTH, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 5½ miles ENE of Wragby, and 8½ E of Wickenby r. station. Post Town, Donington, under Louth. Acres, 2,994. Real property, £4,224. Pop., 431. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. A British urn was found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £506.* Patron, G. F. Heneage, Esq. The church has a Norman porch, and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Benniworth Parish       Horncastle Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Benniworth

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