BENNINGTON, a parish in the hundred of BROADWATER,
county of HERTFORD, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from
Stevenage, containing 658 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £19, and in
the patronage of George Procter, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. On an intrenched eminence on
the western side of the church anciently stood a castle.
The Icings of Mercia are stated to have had a palace
here: several ancient coins have been found in the
parish.