[1] The Bentley Estate came into being when William Hemming bought the land from Mr. John Cookes in Approximately 1830.

Mrs Cheape (known as the Squire of Bentley) was known for her love of hunting and kept a pack of Beagles in the village.

After losing her son, who drowned in 1917, Maude died in 1919 leaving the Estate to her Grandson Leslie.

Colonel Gray Cheape (as Leslie was formally known) died in 1991 and the estate passed into the hands of his grandchildren.

In 2009, Bentley Village Hall was refurbished thanks to a TV appeal and money from The People's Millions.