GENUKI: Norfolk: Kirby Bedon, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

KIRBY-BEDON, a village on an acclivity overlooking the vale of the Wensum, 3 miles S.E. of Norwich, has in its parish 265 souls, and 1362A. of land. H.J. Stracey, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of a great part of the soil, and the rest belongs to Miss Woolsey, the Rev. W. Millett, and several smaller proprietors. The Hall, which was the seat of Sir Hanson Berney, Bart, was taken down a few years ago.

The parish was formerly divided between two Churches, but that dedicated to St. Mary has been in ruins several centuries, though much of its walls and most of its circular tower still remain, finely clad with ivy. St. Andrew's is a small church, with the base of a round tower, surmounted by a wooden belfry. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 4s. 9½d., and now having £250 per annum, awarded in 1842, in lieu of tithes. Henry Muskett, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. E. Day incumbent.

DIRECTORY:-

         Bird      Michael      wheelwright
         Day       Rev. Edward  Rectory
         Florence  Wm.          beerhouse and shopkeeper
         Osborn    Richard      blacksmith
         Stacey    Wm.          joiner
         Tilney    Robt.        shoemaker
 
            farmers.
 
         Woolsey   Miss                 [see note below]
         Woolsey   Jeremiah     (owner) [see note below]
         Bond      Richd.
         Harvey    Wm.
         Lodge     Isaac

Note: in the original this is
Miss Woolsey, and Jeremiah Woolsey, (owner)

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