Description

Benington, a parish and a village in Lincolnshire. The parish lies on the Wash, 4 miles SSE of Sibsey station on the G.N.R., and 5 ENE of Boston. It had an allotment in the East Fen, which is now part of the parish of Old Leake. It has a post office under Boston; money order and telegraph office, Leake. Acreage, 2470 of land and 1977 of foreshore and water; population, 488. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln ; gross yearly value, £660 with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The church has a Perpendicular clerestoried nave, a fine tower, and a sculptured octagonal font. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £100 a year, four bede houses, and some other charities.