Long Bennington
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Long Bennington is a linear village and civil parish in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, just off the A1 road, Script error: No such module "convert". north of Grantham and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Newark-on-Trent. It had a population of 2,100 in 2014[1] and 2,018 at the 2011 Census.[2]
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 Francis Younghusband head of a British invading force into Tibet in 1904 and negotiated a treaty after most Tibetan officials had fled with the Dalai Lama into the countryside.[4] Long Bennington is supposed to be the last place where King Harold of Wessex camped before the Battle of Hastings.[5]
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;[6] singer Paul Jones had a broken arm and Manfred Mann had a chest injury.[7][8]
Visits
Anne, Princess Royal visited on Monday 30 October 1989, where she visited the knitting company Carole Lee Designs, owned by Carole and Roger Lee, and opened the village hall (St James's Hall), as a representative of the British Knitting and Clothing Export Council.[9][10][11][12][13]
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.[14] Lying beside the A1 road, the village main street was once part of the Great North Road between London and Edinburgh.
In December 1968 a bypass was opened.[15] It was made of concrete and excessively noisy until it was resurfaced with tarmac in 2003, at a cost of £4.4 million.[16][17]
The British Frozen Food Federation[18] 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.[19]
Further south near Three Shire Oak, is the Roseland Business Park.[20] Bennington Carriages, west of the village and the bypass at Authorpe Farm, have a Royal warrant.[21]
Community
Long Bennington has a parish council consisting of 11 councillors.[22] 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.[23] Its public houses are the Reindeer,[24] the Royal Oak[25] and Whittakers.[26] The village has a football team and a bowls team.[23]
Long Bennington and surrounding villages have a Rotary Club that meets twice a month.
References
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- ↑ Grantham 1951-2000
- ↑ Accident
- ↑ Picture
- ↑ Times Tuesday October 31 1989, page 20
- ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Monday 30 October 1989, page 1
- ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 31 October 1989, page 1
- ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 3 November 1989, page 1
- ↑ Newark Advertiser Friday 3 November 1989, page 1
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- ↑ Roseland Business Park
- ↑ Bennington Carriages.
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- ↑ Reindeer Inn – Long Bennington's Premier Gastropub
- ↑ Royal Oak.
- ↑ Bar & Restaurant Lincolnshire I A warm welcomeI Whittakers Bar & Restaurant, Long Bennington, Newark, Nottinghamshire
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External links
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- Local history
- New link road to Foston
- "A1 (Long Bennington Bypass)"; Millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012
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