Norfolk: Bedingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Bedingham is about 4 miles N.W. of Bungay (which is in Suffolk).

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

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]

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.

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.

Description and Travel

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

Gazetteers and Directories

Bedingham is in Loddon hundred.

Land and 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]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Names, Personal

Haggard: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Bedingham became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

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 Families Population

1801 39 52 293

1811 61 61 318

1821 49 64 343

1831 49 85 380

1841 71 -- 316

1851 69 -- 335

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 64 -- 288

1871 72 72 309

1881 63 68 293

1891 66 66 288

1901 56 56 236

1911 -- 58 245

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."

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