Benington Parish Magazine is a valuable and fascinating historical resource that provides incredible information about the life and times of the village. It includes aspects such as the affects of war, birth, deaths and marriages and more ..
The collection will be added to as and when copies become available.
The issue from August 1944 (above) is a combined magazine covering Benington, Aston and Walkern. Presumably this was because of shortages of paper during WW2. Of particular note in this issue is the announcement of the death on 27th July 1944 of Georgiena Cotton-Browne in both the Walkern and Benington sections of the magazine. She was owner of Walkern Hall and Boxhall Farm in Benington Parish. Miss Cotton-Browne was very generous to both Walkern and Benington, donating £300 in 1906 for the restoration of Benington Church Tower and £105 in 1915 in memory of her mother towards “Mrs Cotton-Browne’s Charity” for the benefit of widows in the parish.
Below are three Benington, Aston and Walkern Parish Magazines from 1948 (note that these issues have a Walkern cover showing St Mary’s rather than St Peter’s Benington):
Benington Parish Magazine May 1960:
In May 1960 Ken Morris was Rector. Mr R.H. Bott and Miss Julia Pryor were the Churchwardens. There are obituaries for Annie Florence Richards and Alice Clara Warner. Clara Warner was daughter of David Warner the Sexton who has his likeness carved on the church tower in the 1906 refurbishment. Clara died aged 71 on April 22nd 1960. The obituary notes that she played a “distinctive role on the stage of village life, and she had established herself as a notable personality. More particularly we remember her long, devoted and very varied services to the Church and the School. With the latter she had a connection extending over 69 years! She will be greatly missed and long remembered.“
Below are three Benington Parish Magazines from 1962:
Benington Parish Magazine November 1985:
A selection of front covers of Benington Parish Magazine
