Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEDENHAM

HEDENHAM, a village and a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk. The village stands on the SE border of the county, 3 miles NW by N of Bungay r. station; and has a post office under Bungay. The parish comprises 1, 770 acres. Real property, £2, 516. Pop., 280. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. Hedenham Hall is a chief residence. The manor belongs to F. W. Irby, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £458.* Patron, J. L. Bedingfield, Esq. The church is good; has a square tower; and contains monuments of the Bedingfields and the Garneys. There are a national school, and charities £89. Two Roman urns were found in 1858.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hedenham CP/AP       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hedenham

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