Norfolk: Bedingham

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

Cemeteries

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Census

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.
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.

Directories

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

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

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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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."

Voting Registers

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