---
type: misc
title: Longbourn
description: The Bennet family's Hertfordshire estate and village, one mile from Meryton.
resource: raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt
tags:
- hertfordshire
- gentry
- longbourn
timestamp: '2026-07-16T17:35:47Z'
citadel_version: 0.3.0
---

Longbourn is the estate and village of [Mr. Bennet](../persons/mr-bennet.md), worth two thousand a
year.[^s1] The estate is [entailed](../concepts/entail.md), in default of heirs male, away from Mr.
Bennet's five daughters and onto his cousin [Mr. Collins](../persons/mr-collins.md).[^s1] The
village lies one mile from [Meryton](../misc/meryton.md).[^s2] The Bennets are "the principal
inhabitants" of it.[^s3] [Netherfield Park](../misc/netherfield-park.md), leased by
[Charles Bingley](../persons/charles-bingley.md), lies about three miles away.[^s4]

## See also

- [Mr. Bennet](../persons/mr-bennet.md)
- [Meryton](../misc/meryton.md)
- [Entail](../concepts/entail.md)

## Sources

[^s1]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 1655-1662 — Longbourn's value and the entail (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s2]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), line 1667 — Longbourn's distance from Meryton (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s3]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 1068-1069 — the Bennets as Longbourn's principal inhabitants (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s4]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 4339-4340 — Netherfield's distance from Longbourn (ingested 2026-07-16)
