BENGEWORTH - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"BENGEWORTH, (or St. Peter Bengeworth), a parish within the borough of Evesham, in the lower division of the hundred of Blackenhurst, in the county of Worcester, forming part of the suburbs of Evesham. It is on the south bank of the river Avon, and is connected with the town of Evesham on the north bank by an ancient bridge. This place was the site of a castle at an early period, and belonged to the monks of Evesham. It was recovered from the Beauchamps in 1156, and razed to the ground by the abbot.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Worcester, value £168, in the patronage of the Rev. W. Harker. The church, built on the site of the old castle, is a large and ancient edifice with a tower and spire, and is dedicated to St. Peter. The charitable endowments of the parish amount to £342 per annum. Of this sum £256 is the revenue of a free school for 30 boys, which was founded about 1700, by John Deacle, a native of the parish, and alderman of London. The church contains a monument to his memory.

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]