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Bodenham
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Bodenham
Location within Herefordshire
Population998 
OS grid reference SO544506
Civil parish
  • Bodenham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hereford
Postcode district HR1
Dialling code 01568
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52°09′27″N2°41′30″W / 52.15745°N 2.6916817°W / 52.15745; -2.6916817 Coordinates: 52°09′27″N2°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 is associated with Bodenham.[ citation needed ]

Bodenham church is St Michael and All Angels, [3] its pub, The Englands Gate, and its school, St Michael's CofE Primary School. [4]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. "Open domesday". Opendomesday.ord. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. "Bodenham Parish". bodenhamparish.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. "St Michael's". st-michaels.hereford.sch.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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