Long Bennington is a

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and

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South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, ...

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, England, just off the A1 road, north of

Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ...

and south of

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent () or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

. It had a population of 2,100 in 2014 and 2,018 at the 2011 Census.

History

Long Bennington Priory was an

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granted in 1462 to the priory of Mount Grace. 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

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into the countryside. Long Bennington is supposed to be the last place where King Harold of

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camped before the

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. On the morning of Friday 14 January 1966, coming back from a concert at the

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, the group

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were injured when their

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, driven by Anthony Hales, skidded on ice in the village. They were taken to Grantham Hospital; singer Paul Jones had a broken arm and

had a chest injury.

Visits

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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.

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. 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. It was made of

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and excessively noisy until it was resurfaced with tarmac in 2003, at a cost of £4.4 million. The British Frozen Food Federation is based in the village.

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(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. Further south near Three Shire Oak, is the Roseland Business Park. Bennington Carriages, west of the village and the bypass at Authorpe Farm, have a Royal warrant.

Community

Long Bennington has a parish council consisting of 11 councillors. The village is twinned with the

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village of Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse. It contains a

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chapel, St Swithin's

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church, and a primary school. Its

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s are the ''Reindeer'', the ''Royal Oak'' and ''Whittakers''.Bar & Restaurant Lincolnshire I A warm welcomeI Whittakers Bar & Restaurant, Long Bennington, Newark, Nottinghamshire
/ref> The village has a football team and a bowls team. Long Bennington and surrounding villages have a Rotary Club that meets twice a month.

References

External links

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