Long Bennington

Long Bennington is a linear village and civil parish in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, just off the A1 road, 7 miles (11 km) north of Grantham and 5 miles (8 km) south of Newark-on-Trent. It had a population of 2,100 in 2014,[1] which fell to 2,018 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Long Bennington

Church of St Swithun, Long Bennington
Long Bennington
Location within Lincolnshire
Population2,018 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK835445
• London105 mi (169 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01400
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Sleaford and North Hykeham

History

Long Bennington Priory was an Alien house granted in 1462 to the priory of Mount Grace.[3] The village has connections with the Younghusband family, whose members include the first western man to enter Lhasa. Long Bennington is supposed to be the last place where King Harold of Wessex camped before the Battle of Hastings.[4]

On the morning of Friday 14 January 1966, coming back from a concert at the University of Hull, the group Manfred Mann were injured when their Ford Zodiac, driven by Anthony Hales, skidded on ice in the village. They were taken to Grantham Hospital;[5] the leader singer, Manfred Mann, had a chest injury.[6][7]

Geography

The Viking Way has passed to the south-east since 1997 to avoid a direct crossing of the A1. The River Witham runs to the east.[8] Lying beside the A1 road, the village main street was once the part of the Great North Road between London and Edinburgh.

In December 1968 a bypass was opened.[9] It was made of concrete and excessively noisy until it was resurfaced with tarmac in 2003, at a cost of £4.4 million.[10][11] West Kesteven Rural District Council did not like the ideas for the £942,000 Long Bennington bypass, calling it an absolute waste of money, and good food-producing land.

The British Frozen Food Federation[12] is based in the village. Leonardo DRS (DRS Technologies UK) have a facility in the north of the village on the Long Bennington Business Park, where they have their Air Systems EW Test business.[13]

Further south near Three Shire Oak, is the Roseland Business Park.[14] Bennington Carriages, west of the village and the bypass at Authorpe Farm, have a Royal warrant.[15]

Community

Long Bennington has a parish council consisting of 11 councillors.[16] The village is twinned with the Normandy village of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse.[1] It contains a Methodist chapel, St Swithin's Anglican church, and a primary school.[17] Its public houses are the Reindeer, the Royal Oak[18] and Whittakers. The village has a football team and a bowls team.[17]

References
  1. "Home". Long Bennington Parish Council. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Lincoln. 2. London: Victoria County History. p. 242.
  4. Howarth, David Armine (2008). 1066: The Year of the Conquest. Paw Prints. p. 165. ISBN 9781439512425.
  5. Grantham 1951-2000
  6. Accident
  7. Picture
  9. "Network changes – 1960s". Readers Digest. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  10. "Concrete Roads Get The Quiet Treatment". Highways Agency. 17 October 2001. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  11. Mumby, A (7 November 2002). "Road to rue in, Letters". New Civil Engineer. EMAP. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  12. BFFF
  13. DRS
  14. Roseland Business Park
  15. Bennington Carriages.
  16. "The Parish Council". Long Bennington Parish Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  17. "Clubs, Facilities & Amenities". Long Bennington Parish Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  18. Royal Oak.
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