Benenden

Also known as Benenden, Kent

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.

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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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Population: 2374
Image: Properties along The Street, Benenden - geograph.org.uk - 788156.jpg
Dialing code: 01580

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Commons category: Benenden
OS grid reference: TQ807329
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Origin of name
History
Benenden School
Notable people
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==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.