Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

KIRBY BEDON.

Kirby Bedon, a village 4½ miles S.E. of Norwich, in the Henstead hundred. Its houses are scattered; containing 296 inhabitants, and 1362 acres, belonging to several proprietors. Sir H. J. Stracey, Charles Lombe, Esq., and Edward Lombe, Esq., are lords of the manor, to whom great part of the land belong. The church of St. Andrew’s stands on a height, and is a low square building with thatched roof, and a tower with a base of flint about 10 feet high, and the upper part of wood. The inside is plain, and contains several monuments to the Brooke family; also an ancient sculpture, representing a man and woman kneeling at the altar, but time has nearly obliterated the inscription. The living is a rectory, enjoyed by the Rev. E. Day. The old hall, a very ancient mansion—the lower part only now remains, which is inhabited by labourers.

Bird, Joseph, farmer

Clare, Charles, junr., farmer

Day, Rev. Edward, rectory

Drake, George F., Esq.

Horne, Robert, victualler, Stracey Arms, and gardener

Mendham, Mr. Richard

Neeve, Richard, gardener and shopkeeper

Money, William F., farmer

Seal, John, blacksmith

Smith, Robert, shoemaker

Varville, James, farmer and brickmaker

Woolsey, Jeremiah, farmer and brickmaker