Bodenham

This article is about the village in Herefordshire, England. For other uses, see Bodenham (disambiguation).

Bodenham
Bodenham lake and church
Bodenham is located in Herefordshire
Bodenham
Bodenham
Location within Herefordshire
Population998 
OS grid referenceSO544506
Civil parish
  • Bodenham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHereford
Postcode districtHR1
Dialling code01568
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Herefordshire
52°09′27″N 2°41′30″W / 52.15745°N 2.6916817°W / 52.15745; -2.6916817

Bodenham is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and on a bend in the River Lugg, about seven miles south of Leominster. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,024, reducing to 998 at the 2011 census.[1]

The village is mentioned twice in the Domesday Book, where is described as having a mill and 34 households. Lords of the two manors were Osbern, the son of Richard, and Edwy in 1066, and Osbern, the son of Richard, and Herbert (of Furches) in 1086.[2]

Anne Devereux, the Countess of Pembroke, was born at Bodenham.[3]

Bodenham church is St Michael and All Angels.[4] It has a pub, The Englands Gate, and a school, St Michael's CofE Primary School.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Open domesday". Opendomesday.ord. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 249.
  4. ^ "Bodenham Parish". bodenhamparish.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ^ "St Michael's". st-michaels.hereford.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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