BENTLEY. 241 BENTWORTH.
- the junction of the Hadleigh branch line. The living
ii vie.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 182, i the patron, of the Rev. G. E. E. Keene. The church i Dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities amount ti2 a year. In this par. is an ancient seat of the ' llcmache family, who were settled here before the " rman Conquest. Here, too, was Dodnash prior}', a t ill establishment for Augustine canons, founded by 1 ancestors of the Duke of Norfolk. At the Disso- ] : ' m, when it was given to Wolsey, its val. was 43.
- EXTLEY, a chplry. in the par. of Shustoke, Ather-
le iliv. of the hund. of Hemlingford, in the co. of rwick, 3 miles to the S.W. of Atherstone. Coles- is its post town. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed -. he -vie. of Shustoke, in the dioc. of Worcester. The 1 rch is decayed. A fair is held in this hmlt. on the 2 h July. IENTLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Rowley, and wap. t Harthill, in the East Riding of the co. of York, . iles to the S.W. of Beverley. The Scarborough and 111 branch of the North-Eastern railway passes r it. .ENTLEY, FENNY, a par. in the hund. of Wirks- th, in tho co. of Derby, 2 miles to the N. of Ash- rne, its post town. It is situated in Dovedale, on <} banks of a small stream which joins tho Dove, near A ibourne. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, mual val. of 124, in the patron, of the Bishop liold. The church, an ancient edifice, of small ns, with a low tower, is dedicated to St. Mary M;dalene, and contains several monuments of the 1 family one of whom was engaged in the Lf.le of Agincourt, and died in 1473. There are some soil charities. Remains exist here of the old mansion 'x-resford and Cotton families. Bentley Cottage ar the village. ENTLEY ORANGE, a limit, in the par. of Emley, . wap. of Agbrigg, in the West Riding of the co. of i miles to the E. of Huddersfleld. ENTLEY, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Tendring, '. of Essex, 7J miles to the S.E. of Colchester, nist town. It lies near the coast, on the banks of a ?nll stream called the Brightlingsea brook, that falls .:. the Colne near its mouth. The living is a vie.* in . Hoc. of Rochester, of the val. of 360, in the patron. ic bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a pi i building, with a tower at the west end, which is . nkable for its curious combination of flint and stone. Tl Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here, and there National school. The charitable endowments of the
- >' ih amount to 15, including the revenue of a free
eci D!. To the south of the village is Bentley Lodge. T) -e are also some remains of the ancient residence of V Veres, Earls of Oxford, with the extensive fish- s and moats. A cattle and pleasure fair is held on
- : Uonday after the loth July.
ONTLEY HEATH, ahmlt. near the vil. of Potter's ];;. in the par. and hund. of Edmonton, and co. of M-:llesex, at a short distance from the great North r<. ; and Great Northern railway, about 3 miles from . . , ,ct. ONTLEY, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Tend- rii) in the co. of Essex, 5 miles S. of Manningtree, and S les to the E. of Colchester, its post town. The a rect. * in the dioc. of Rochester, of the val. of 61, in the patron, of the Master and Fellows of Entiuel College, Cambridge. Tho church, dedicated to 1. 'Virgin Mary, is an ancient edifice, with a stone tun-. Bentley Hall, long dilapidated, was a stately ir;:Mon, erected by Paul Bayning, alderman of London, in o IGth century. The Baynings are interred in the
- ;NTLEY-PAUNCEFOOT, or BENTLEY, TIP-
PI and LOWER, a tnshp. in the par. of Tardebigg, an.umd. of Halfshire, in the co. of Worcester, 3 miles to IB S.E. of Bromsgrove. The Bristol and Bir- mii'ham railway runs near it. Bentley House is the pri ipal residence. ] ;NTLEY-WITH-ARKSEY, a par. in the N. aiv. v ,. i. of the wap. of Straffirth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the N. of Don- caster. The Great Northern railway passes through this parish. It is situated on the banks of the river Dearne, and contains the hmlts. of Almbolme, Bodies, Doncaster-Bridgend, Scawthorpe, Shaftholme, and Stock- bridge. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 113, in the patron, of Sir W. R. C. Cooke, Bart. The church is a cruciform structure, with a tower and low spire at the centre, and is dedicated to All Saints. There is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Metho- dists. A free school was founded in this parish in 1683 by Sir George Cooke, Bart., who designed it for a gram- mar school, and endowed it with property producing 40 a year. Here is also a hospital for 12 poor women, with an income from endowment of 100 per annum. There are several other charitable endowments, pro- ducing about 150 a year. BENTON, LITTLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Long Benton, Castle ward, in the co. of Northumberland, close to Long Benton. The manor of Little Benton about the middle of the last century passed from the Hindmarsh into the Bigge family, and has recently become the property of David Burn, Esq., who, with Captain Potts and John Woods, Esq., owns the whole of the land. BENTON, LONG, or MICKLE BENTON, a par. and vil. in the eastern div. of Castle ward, in tho co. of Northumberland, 3J miles to the N.E. of Newcastle-on- Tyne, its post town. It is a station on the North-Eastern railway, and also on the Blyth and Tyne branch from Newcastle to Tynemouth. The par., extending north- ward for above 8 miles from a base of 2 miles on the left bank of the Tyne, embraces five tnshps., disposed thus from S. to N. : Walker, Long Benton, Little Benton, Killingworth, and Weetsleet ; and is intersected by the Roman Wall, near its termination at the station Segedu- Hinn, in the adjacent parish of Wallsend. Coal is abun- dant in the district, and there are some valuable quarries of stone. Extensive foundries, brick and tile works, alkali works, and copperas manufactures are established, and give employment to a large population along the banks of the Tyne. Tho living is a vie. in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 353, in the patron, of the Master and Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford. The church, a plain building with a spire, partly rebuilt in 1791, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is a charity, yielding about 12 per annum, belonging to the township of Weetsleet. The manor was anciently held by the De Maylays, and passed by marriage to Sir Philip Somervylle of Wicknore, in Staffordshire, who gave the advowson of Benton, with lands in the parish, to Balliol College, Oxford, about A.U. 1340. The great tithes were then appropriated by grant of Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham, and the living constituted a vie. The great 90-fathom dyke intersects the parish a few yards north of the church. The principal residences are, Benton Park, Benton Lodge, Benton Hall, Killing- worth House, and Spaton-Boume Hall. The par. is very extensive, comprising an area of 8,857 acres, with a population of 13,184, and is divided for ecclesiastical purposes into two parishes. In addition to the parish church there is the district church of Walker, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 150., in the gift of the crown and bishop alternately. Another division at Weetsleet is in contemplation, where a third church is to be built. The parish of Benton is closely associ- ated with the history of the Stephensons : George (the father) having conducted his experiments, and set his first locomotive at work, at the Westmoor colliery ; and his son Robert having received his early education at Long Benton parish school. BENTS-GREEN, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Eccleshall- Bierlow, and par. of Sheffield, in the wap. of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the S.W. of Sheffield. BENTWORTH, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Bermondspit, Basingstoke div. of the co. of South- ampton, 4 miles to the W. of Alton, its post and Union i i
