Norfolk: Kirby Bedon

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Kirby Bedon is about 2 miles S.E. of Norwich.
See also Kirby Cane and Stow Bedon.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

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.
There was also a church dedicated to St Mary, but it has been in ruins for several centuries.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description, services, pictures, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Picture of the church.
Fenn, Leslie: Notes on the history of Kirby Bedon Church (St Andrew).
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1972]
Church of St Mary: Description and pictures of the ruin.
Church of St Mary: Pictures of the ruin.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1792, 1802-1804, 1813-1814, and 1830-1831.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1789-1818.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Kirby Bedon is in Henstead hundred.

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]
Land Tax: Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1803-1804.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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 34 34 198

1811 25 37 178

1821 28 46 201

1831 31 46 245

1841 50 -- 265

1851 56 -- 296

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 61 -- 277

1871 63 63 241

1881 65 65 269

1891 68 70 330

1901 68 68 303

1911 -- 67 293

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.

Population in 1821

Voting Registers

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