Benington / Belintone / Beninton / Beniton / Bennington

There is an entry for Bennington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2923/bennington/] [accessed 12 October 2016]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Hertforshire, 1911) notes: "Font: octagonal bowl of Barnack stone, the alternate sides with engaged shafts resting on carved heads, mid 14th-century, defaced; stem with panelled sides and base, 15th-century." The RCHM (ibid.) reports also a broken holy-water stoup in the south porch [not listed in this Index]. The Victoria County History (Hertfordshire, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "A priest is mentioned at Benington in the Domesday Survey, […] so there was probably a church there before the Conquest […] The present church, which dates from the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century […] The font has a mid-14th-century octagonal bowl of Barnack stone, the alternate sides having engaged shafts resting on carved heads, which have been defaced. The stem is of the 15th century and has panelled sides and base."