Human settlement in England
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:
