Bedingham No. 2 / Bedingaham / Bethingaham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19107BED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Bedingham, Norfolk NR34 0BH
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the second medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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

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

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 10: 100-105 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78636] [accessed 28 February 2014]