BENNINGTON (LONG), a parish in the wapentake
of LOVEDEN, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN,
7 miles (N.W.) from Grantham, containing 881
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with
the perpetual curacy of Foston annexed, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £20. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the
King, as Duke of Lancaster. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. The river Witham forms the north-
eastern boundary of the parish, in which there is a
mineral spring strongly impregnated with iron. An
Alien priory of Cistercian monks was founded here
about 1175, the revenue of which, in the reign of
Richard II., was £50 per annum.