Bedingham

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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:

• Sergeant Ronald E. Elvin (1923–1943), No. 21 Operational Training Unit^[3]

References

External links

Media related to Bedingham at Wikimedia Commons

• Website with photos of Bedingham St Andrew, a round-tower church
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080828222324/http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/bedingham_parish.asp