Norfolk: Bodney

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Bodney is about 7 miles S. of Swaffham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church Records

Farrow, C.W. and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick (Ed): Bodney (Church of England) Parish Registers 1653-1837; transcribed and edited.
[Norwich: Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1984]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Bodney is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Maps

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

Military History

RAF Watton and RAF Bodney: History, description, etc.
RAF Bodney and USAAF Bodney: Description and pictures of the airfield.
RAF Bodney and USAAF Bodney: Pictures of the airfield.
RAF Bodney and USAAF Bodney: Description and pictures of the airfield.
RAF Bodney: Wartime Memories Project.
No author: The "Bluenosed Bastards" of Bodney: A commemorative history.
(A history of the 352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force).
[Dallas, Taylor Pub. Co., 1990]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Bodney became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

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