Benenden
Sign in to saveBenenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald, to the west of Tenterden. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street settlements are included in the parish. thumb|St George, Benenden|St George's Church, Benenden, Benenden The parish church is dedicated to St George, and is a 19th-century building on the site of a medieval building destroyed in a fire. Benenden School, a private girls boarding school is located to the north of the village.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Benenden
- UK place.population
- 2,375
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Benenden
- UK place.shire_district
- Tunbridge Wells
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Weald of Kent
- UK place.post_town
- Cranbrook
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN17
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01580
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ807329
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Origin of name
- History
- Benenden School
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Benenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald, to the west of Tenterden. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street settlements are included in the parish. thumb|St George, Benenden|St George's Church, Benenden, Benenden The parish church is dedicated to St George, and is a 19th-century building on the site of a medieval building destroyed in a fire. Benenden School, a private girls boarding school is located to the north of the village.
==Origin of name== The place name of Benenden (pronounced Ben-en-den) derives from Old English meaning Bynna's wooded pasture. Bynning denn became Benindene (1086) Binnigdaenne, Bennedene (c1100) Bynindenne (1253) then the current spelling from 1610.