Benningborough, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Benningborough, a township in Newton-upon-Ouse parish, in the N.R. Yorkshire, on the river Ouse, 1½ mile WSW of Shipton railway station, and 7 miles NW of York. Acres, 1092; population, 61. Benningborough Hall here is a fine mansion, standing in a park of 200 acres, the seat of the Hon. Lewis Payan Dawnay, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Newton upon Ouse | |
Poor Law union | York | |
Riding | North | |
Wapentake | Bulmer |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Benningborough from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Benningbrough)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: