BENTLEY (FENNY), a parish in the hundred of
WIRKSWORTH, county of DERBY, 2 miles (N. by W.)
from Ashbouru, containing 242 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Derby,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£6. 12. 10., and in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is
a small structure with a low tower.