Bedingham

Bedingham

Bedingham

Human settlement in England

For a person, see David Bedingham.

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]

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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:

References

  1. [1]
    "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Key to English Place-names".
  3. [3]
    Peck, M. (2017). http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Bedingham.doc


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