Place:Bedingham, Norfolk, England

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Bedingham is a village and and civil parish in the District of South Norfolk of Norfolk, England, about 11 miles (18 km) south of Norwich. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 216, increasing to 221 at the 2011 UK census.

The church of Bedingham St Andrew is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bedingham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"BEDINGHAM, a parish in Loddon [registration] district, Norfolk; 4 miles NW of Bungay [railway] station. Post Town: Topcroft, under Bungay. Acres: 1,340. Real property: £2,471. Population: 288. Houses: 64. The property is divided among a few. Bedingham Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £150* Patrons: the Impropriators. The church is good."

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Bedingham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• A map illustrating the individual parishes of Loddon Hundred may be useful.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
• England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
• England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
• England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
• England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901

• Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.

• Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
• Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
• Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.