Benenden

Built-Up Area: Benenden
Parish/Community: Benenden
District/Borough: Tunbridge Wells
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'5"N 0°34'35"E
Eastings/Northings: 580627, 133034
OS Grid: TQ806330
Mapcode Local: GBR PTM.W2B
Mapcode Global: FRA D639.6H5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Benenden within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Benenden in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Benenden, par. and vil., mid. Kent, 3 miles SE. of Cranbrook, 6693 ac., pop. 1598; P.O., T.O.

Benenden in the Domesday Book

A village in Rolvenden hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osgeard of Darenth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Romney (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 9 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 5 swine render
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Romney (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 widow

British Place Names

Benenden, Kent

Benenden is a village in Kent

Benenden in historic gazetteers

Benenden in the Domesday Book