Norfolk: Kirby Bedon

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Kirby Bedon is about 4 miles E.S.E. of Norwich.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
There was also a church dedicated to St Mary, but it has been in ruins for several centuries.
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Church History

Church of St Andrew: Picture of the church.
Fenn, Leslie: Notes on the history of Kirby Bedon Church.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1972]

Gazetteers and Directories

Kirby Bedon is in Henstead hundred.

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

History

Kinder, Edward Herring: Kirby Bedon, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1924]
Riviere, Michael: Steeplechases at Kirby Bedon.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.34, 1969]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Kirby Bedon Inclosure Act, 1812.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Kirby Bedon, in the county of Norfolk.
[George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1812]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Henstead Registration District, 1836
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Kirby Bedon became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

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