English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Benningtons

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatfield Broad Oak

Historical Forms

  • the lands of John de Benyngton in Hatfeld Regis 1352 Fine
  • Bennetters 1777 C

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) represents the lands of John de Benyngton in Hatfeld Regis 1352 Fine and is Bennetters in 1777 (C) . The family probably came from Bennington (Herts) .