BENTLEY (FENNY), a parish in the hundred of WIRKSWORTH, county of DERBY, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Ashbourn, containing 242 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6. 12. 10., and in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is a small structure with a low tower.