Bennington, Long, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. the village stands on the river Witham, 4 1/2 miles S of Claypole station on the G.N.R., and 8 NW by N of Grantham; consists mainly of one long street, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grantham. The parish, inclusive of Bennington Grange, comprises 4333 acres; population of the civil parish, 804; of the ecclesiastical, with Foston, 1146. Freestone and lime are worked. A Cistercian priory, with local endowment, was founded here before 1175 by Ralph de Filgerus; given to the Abbey of Savigney in Normandy; transferred by Richard II. to the Carthusians of St Ann, near Coventry; conveyed by Henry V. to the Priory of Mountgrace, and given at the dissolution to the dean and chapter of Westminster. Remains of a moat which surrounded its farmhouse are in Bennington Grange. The benefice, known as Long Bennington and Foston, is in the diocese of Lincoln; net yearly value, £342 with residence. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is a building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and there are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities worth about £25 a year.
