Bedingham No. 2 / Bedingaham / Bethingaham

INFORMATION

FontID: 19107BED
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Bedingham, Norfolk NR34 0BH
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 7 km NW of Bungay, 18 SE of Norwich [St. Mary's was located in the same churchyard as St. Andrew's]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Loddon
Century and Period: , Medieval
There are two entries for Bedingham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM2893/bedingham/] [accessed 28 February 2014], but neither has a mention of church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "There were anciently 2 medieties [...] and there were two churches in the churchyard; one dedicated to St. Mary [...] Both the medieties were after united". Knott (2005) writes: "St Mary was in the same churchyard, but all traces have disappeared". [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here -- cf. Index entry for Bedingham No. 1 for the also disappeared early font of St. Andrew's]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.49017, 1.36445
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 24.61″ N, 1° 21′ 52.02″ E
UTM: 31U 388953 5816816

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810