Stow Bedon
| Stow Bedon | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Botolph, Stow Bedon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL955963 |
| Location: | 52°31’37"N, 0°52’52"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 290 (2011) |
| Post town: | Attleborough |
| Postcode: | NR17 |
| Dialling code: | 01953 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South West Norfolk |
Stow Bedon is a village in Norfolk, found four miles south-east of Watton, nine miles north-east of Thetford and 19 miles south-west of Norwich. The A1075 road passes through the parish.
The wider civil parish contains other hamlets: Breckles and Lower Stow Bedon. In 2011 this parish had a population of 290 and extends as far as the edge of the Stanford Training Area in the west..
The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions both Stow Bedon together with neighbouring Caston and Breckles.[1][2] The village was held by John di Bidun in the 13th century. An inclosure act of 1813 mentions Stow Bedon as a "Free Village" and mentions how the village "maintained an independent spirit". Kelly's Directory for 1883 records that Stow Bedon had a population of 324 with a total of 35 dwellings.
A station at Stow Bedon, on the Thetford & Watton Railway, opened in October 1869 and closed with the line in June 1964.[3]
Churches
The village church, St Botolph's, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building.[4] The south and west of the area is a separate ecclesiastical parish,[5] and its church, St Margaret's at Breckles, is Grade I listed.[6]
Leisure and society
The Great Eastern Pingo Trail, an eight-mile circular walk, starts and finishes in the parish.
The village fete is held annually in June, and St Botolph's church holds a flower festival.
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References
- ↑ Bedon Stow Bedon in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Stow Bedon in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Station Name:Stow Bedon". http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/stow_bedon/index.shtml.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1077585: Church of St Botolph (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Breckles" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=52.52328199999999&lon=0.8773108000000001&place=Stow+Bedon,+UK.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1248441: Church of St Margaret (Grade I listing)
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