Bedingham Explained
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.4833°N 1.3667°W |
Official Name: | Bedingham |
Population: | 221 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Area Total Km2: | 5.52 |
Static Image Name: | Bedingham-g1.jpg |
Region: | East of England |
Civil Parish: | Bedingham |
Postcode District: | NR35 |
Postcode Area: | NR |
Post Town: | BUNGAY |
Bedingham is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 11 miles (18 km) south of Norwich. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 216, increasing to 221 at the 2011 census.[1]
The villages name means 'Homestead/village of Beda's people'.[2]
The church of Bedingham St Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
War memorial
Bedingham's War Memorial takes the form of a stone Celtic cross memorial in St. Andrew's Churchyard. It holds the following names for the First World War:
- Corporal Frederick J. Jarvis (1897–1918), 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
- Gunner George H. Green (1893–1915), 1st Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
- Gunner George Everett (1879–1916), HMS Lion
- Private George J. Alexander (1872–1917), Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- Private George K. Tippell (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
- Private George Yallop (1887–1917), 104th Company, Labour Corps
- Private Charles A. Legood (1882–1918), 490th Company, Labour Corps
- Private Austin L. Everett (1897–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Walter Roper (1884–1914), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private William P. Fisk (1882–1915), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Albert Wright (1876–1919), Garrison Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Albert T. Tippell (1891–1917), 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- Private Frederick W. Quantrill (1894–1917), H Battalion, Tank Corps
And, the following for the Second World War:
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Parish population 2011. 7 September 2015.
- Web site: Key to English Place-names.
- Peck, M. (2017). http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Bedingham.html