Bedingham

Bedingham situated in the ancient Hundred of Loddon has Saxon origins.  The name probably derives from the homestead of Beda’s people’.  In Saxon times a nephew of King Harold, called Hagan, was the lord of the manor: there is, incidentally, a field called Hagg or Haghern still in existence and reputed to be named after him.  The parish is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). One of Bedingham’s most famous…