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