Bodney

Bodney
Bodney Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TL8398
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thetford
Postcode district	IP26
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°32′N 0°41′E / 52.54°N 0.69°E / 52.54; 0.69Coordinates: 52°32′N 0°41′E / 52.54°N 0.69°E / 52.54; 0.69

Bodney is a village in Norfolk, England, recorded in the Domesday Book as Bredenaia.^[1] The population is included in the civil parish of Hilborough. After the Norman conquest it was held by the de Montfort family. In the 14th century Edmund Oldhall (died 1417), father of Sir William Oldhall, a statesman, was Lord of the Manor, and it passed to William, who sold it to the Priory of Thetford.^[1] At the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became Crown property and was granted to the Duke of Norfolk.^[1]

The villages name means 'Beoda's island'.

References[]

• Blomefield, Francis; Parkin, Charles (1807). History of Norfolk.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bodney

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