Bengeworth, Worcestershire

Description
Bengeworth, a parish and a suburb of Evesham, in Worcestershire, on the river Avon, with a station on the M.R., and a post and money order office. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 1372. A castle here belonged to the Beauchamps, and was destroyed in 1156 by the Abbot of Evesham. Slight traces of the moat still remain. Bengeworth is connected with Evesham by a handsome bridge of three arches, erected in 1856 at a cost of £13,000. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £174 with residence, of which the Vicar is patron. The living was formerly a rectory before the demolition of the abbey. The church was erected in 1872, and in taking down the old church a part was found to be Saxon. The font is Saxon. It is a cruciform edifice in the Decorated style, and has a lofty tower and spire. A school endowed by John Deacle, a native of Bengeworth and an alderman of London, was erected in 1729, and has an income of £300. the Evesham Sanatorium for infectious diseases is situated here, and there is a fever hospital in the parish.