Kirby Bedon

Kirby Bedon is a small village in South Norfolk which lies approximately 3½ miles (5½ km) southeast of Norwich on the road to Bramerton. In the 2001 census it contained 77 households and a population of 186. [ [http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/democracy/kirbybedon_parish.asp Kirby Bedon parish information [South Norfolk Council ] ]

It has two churches, the ruined round-towered St Mary's Church and, standing opposite, St Andrew's church, which is still in use. St Andrew's contains a plaque erected by parishioners in memory of four crew members of "Broad and High", an American B-24 Liberator bomber who were killed when it crashed near the church on 18 August 1944 as it returned to Rackheath from a raid on Germany. [http://www.2ndair.org.uk/Bases/rackheath.htm]

Kirby Bedon no longer has a pub; the "Stracey Arms" on the main road from Norwich to Bramerton closed in 1967, [ [http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkk/kirbybedon/kbedsa.htm Kirby Bedon - Stracey Arms ] ] though is now a Caravan Club certified location. [ [http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DC2EA460-8469-4655-8FB4-9A8C06944CB5/0/CLSiteGPSfilesmall.pdf CL Site GPS file small.xls ] ]

Kirby Bedon is linked to Norwich by bus route 001 operated by [http://www.angliancoaches.co.uk/company_profile.html Anglian Coaches] providing six services a day into Norwich and to the neighbouring villages of Bramerton, Surlingham and Rockland St Mary. ( [http://www.angliancoaches.co.uk/timetables/data/001.pdf timetable] )

External links

* [http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TG28240560 Ordnance Survey Pathfinder (1:25000) map of Kirby Bedon]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/TG2705 Images of Kirby Bedon] from Geograph
* [http://www.kirbybedonchurch.org.uk St Andrew's Church, Kirby Bedon]
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/k/kirby_bedon/white1845.shtml Kirby Bedon] on Genuki
* [http://flickr.com/search/?q=bedon Kirby Bedon churches] on Flickr

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