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Bedingham

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"BEDINGHAM, 4½ miles N.W. of Bungay, and 11 miles S. by E. of Norwich, has in its parish 316 souls, and 1,148 acres of land. J. W. Gooch, Esq., owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, and impropriator of the great tithes. With the approval of the Bishop, he is also patron of the CHURCH, (St. Andrew,) which has a tower, round at the base, and octangular above. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5, and in 1831 at £150, in the incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Booth, LL.B. It was augmented in 1778, with £200 of Q.A.B., and £200 benefaction, laid out in 14A. of land at Pulham. A new vicarage house was erected in 1844. Woodton and Topcroft were anciently in this parish." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
    It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
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Church History

Church of St Andrew
Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew
Pictures of the church.
Church of St Andrew
Description, location, services, picture, etc.
Hook, David, and Tricker, Roy
The Hempnall Group of Churches.
Bedingham St Andrew; Fritton St Catherine; Hardwick St Margaret; Hempnall St Margaret; Morningthorpe St John the Baptist; Shelton St Mary; Topcroft St Margaret; Woodton All Saints.
[Hempnall, Hempnall Group of Churches, 1987]
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Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1561-1812
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 4.
Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Bedingham was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Latham, Margaret; and Clarke, Fiona
Bedingham Millennium Book.
[Bedingham, Bedingham Parish Meeting, 1999]
Bedingham Smock Mill
Description, history and pictures.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Bedingham is in Loddon Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Loddon Hundred
Description of Loddon Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Land & Property

Great Britain: Statute
Bedingham Inclosure Act, 1841.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Bedingham in the county of Norfolk: 21st June 1841.
[London, George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1841]

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM286934 (Lat/Lon: 52.49062, 1.36591), Bedingham which are provided by:

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Names, Personal

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year  Inhabited
Houses
FamiliesPopulation
18013952293
18116161318
18214964343
18314985380
184171--316
185169--335
Year  Inhabited
Houses
FamiliesPopulation
186164--288
18717272309
18816368293
18916666288
19015656236
1911--58245

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1861 Census
"The decrease of population in the parishes of Broome, Woodton, Bedingham, and Topcroft is attributed partly to emigration, and partly to the removal of young men, for more remunerative employment, to towns."
1901 Census
"Including Bedingham Green, Cobbler's Green, and Upgate Street."